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Core dictionary version 3.0.14
_geom_torsion.angle
Name:_geom_torsion.angle
Aliases:
_geom_torsion
_geom_torsion.value
Definition:
Angle defined by the sites identified by _geom_torsion.id. The torsion-angle definition should be that of Klyne and Prelog. The vector direction *_label_2 to *_label_3 is the viewing direction, and the torsion angle is the angle of twist required to superimpose the projection of the vector between site 2 and site 1 onto the projection of the vector between site 3 and site 4. Clockwise torsions are positive, anticlockwise torsions are negative. Ref: Klyne, W. & Prelog, V. (1960). Experientia, 16, 521-523.
Type: Real
Units: degrees
The permitted range is -180. → 180.
Category:
geom_torsion