handedness

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handed +‎ -ness

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handedness (countable and uncountable, plural handednesses)

  1. (chemistry, physics) The property that distinguishes an asymmetric object from its mirror image. For example, the essential difference between a left and right glove.
    Synonym: chirality
    Hypernym: laterality
  2. A preference (usually innate) for using one hand rather than the other.
    Hyponyms: left-handedness, right-handedness

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