handedness

English

Etymology

handed +‎ -ness

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

Related terms

Translations

property

Finnish: kätisyys, kiraalisuus (fi)
French: chiralité (fr) f

German: Chiralität f

preference for using the right or left hand

Finnish: kätisyys
French: préférence manuelle (fr) f

German: Händigkeit f
Spanish: manaje (es) f

See also

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