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See also: righthand
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English ryghte-hande, from Old English rihthand (“right-hand”), equivalent to right + hand.
Adjective
[edit]right-hand (not comparable)
- Of, relating to, or located on the right.
- 1949 September and October, “The "Nord Express"”, in Railway Magazine, page 336:
- The train runs slowly with frequent slacks for bridge and culvert repairs. At one point occurs the changeover from left- to right-hand running.
- designed for use by the right hand
- in the direction or orientation to the right-hand rule (a right-hand thread)