left-handedness

Noun

Meaning

Alt. of Left-handiness

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

sinistrality lefty discomfort left-handed heaviness clumsiness Southpaw awkwardness uneasiness left-hander inelegance gaucherie ponderousness heavy-handedness unmanageability
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Antonyms

flair

Hypernyms

position status laterality handedness

Examples

A half-twist clockwise gives an embedding of the Möbius strip different from that of a half-twist counterclockwise – that is, as an embedded object in Euclidean space the Möbius strip is a chiral object with right- or left-handedness. Source: Internet

A reverse type of spin serve is hit in a manner that spins the ball opposite the natural spin of the server, the spin direction depending upon right- or left-handedness. Source: Internet

Just as in the other convention, right-handedness corresponds to a clockwise rotation and left-handedness corresponds to an anti-clockwise rotation. Source: Internet

A transformation that switches right-handedness to left-handedness and vice versa like a mirror does is said to change the orientation of space. Source: Internet

This may correlate with left-handedness. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

left-handed specialist left-handed woman left-handedly left-hander left-handiness left-handwise