handedness

10 ENTRIES FOUND:

hand·ed·ness

noun \-nəs\

Definition of HANDEDNESS

1
: a tendency to use one hand rather than the other
2
a : the property of an object (as a molecule) of not being identical with its mirror image : chirality b : either of the two configurations of an object that may exist in forms which are nonidentical mirror images

First Known Use of HANDEDNESS

1915

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