right-handed
See also: righthanded and right handed
English
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English riȝt honded, equivalent to right + handed.
Adjective
[edit]right-handed (comparative more right-handed, superlative most right-handed)
- Using their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than, their left.
- (not comparable) Intended to be worn on, or used by, the right hand.
- (not comparable) Turning or spiralling from left to right; clockwise.
- (physics) Of a particle for which the direction of its spin is the same as the direction of its motion.
- Of a coordinate system: following the right-hand rule.
Noun
[edit]- Right-handed people, taken as a whole.
- 1992, Antonio E. Puente, Robert J. McCaffrey, Handbook of Neuropsychological Assessment, →ISBN, page 147:
- Evidence contradicting this principle came from a study of epileptic patients by Penfield and Roberts (1959) who found that dysphasia following surgery on the right hemisphere was not significantly more frequent in the left-handed than in the right-handed.
Antonyms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left.
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