Crossword clues for handedness
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context chemistry physics English) The property that distinguishes an asymmetric object from its mirror image. For example, the essential difference between a left and right glove. 2 A preference for using one hand rather than the other.
WordNet
n. the property of using one hand more than the other [syn: laterality]
Wikipedia
Handedness is a better (faster or more precise) performance or individual preference for use of a hand, known as the dominant hand. Handedness is not a discrete variable (right or left), but a continuous one that can be expressed at levels between strong left and strong right.
There are four types of handedness: left-handedness, right-handedness, mixed-handedness, and ambidexterity. Left-handedness is somewhat more common among men than among women.
Handedness is a human attribute reflecting the unequal distribution of fine motor skill between the left and right hands.
Handedness may also refer to:
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Chirality, Greek for handedness, used to describe similar concepts in other fields:
- Chirality (mathematics), the property of a figure being non-identical to its mirror image
- Orientation (vector space), an asymmetry that makes a reflection impossible to replicate by means of a simple rotation
- Sinistral and dextral, terms in biology and geology
- Handedness of screw threads, springs, or propellers, in mechanics and engineering
Usage examples of "handedness".
Clan Delevan was not known for its lightfootedness or handedness, which was probably one reason why he thought that image of his father so nimbly catching his mother on the way down had stuck with him, and might forever).
Then mathematical considerations had shown that of all the possibilities, only two of them, SO(32) and E8xE8, exhibited handedness rather than mirror symmetry.