Handedness

noun

Word Frequency: 0.6

Definitions

1.nounThe property that distinguishes an asymmetric object from its mirror image. For example, the essential difference between a left and right glove.

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

Synonyms

chirality laterality closehandedness dichroism hand-eye coordination anisotropy perverse heterochirality homotheticity two left hands ipsilaterality enantiomorphism

Rhymes With

candidness

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