right-handedness

Noun

Meaning

The state or quality of being right-handed; hence, skill; dexterity.

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right handedness

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The usual polarization state pairs used are either the rectilinear basis of vertical (0°) and horizontal (90°), the diagonal basis of 45° and 135° or the circular basis of left- and right-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

Some Lakota oral histories assert that Custer committed suicide to avoid capture and subsequent torture, though this is usually discounted since the wounds were inconsistent with his known right-handedness. Source: Internet

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