HANDEDNESS

handedness, laterality

(noun) the property of using one hand more than the other

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

handedness (countable and uncountable, plural handednesses)

(chemistry, physics) The property that distinguishes an asymmetric object from its mirror image. For example, the essential difference between a left and right glove.

A preference (usually innate) for using one hand rather than the other.

Synonyms

• (difference between a left and right): chirality

Hypernyms

• laterality

Hyponyms

• left-handedness

• right-handedness

Source: Wiktionary



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