handedness

English

Etymology

handed +‎ -ness

Noun

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.
2. A preference (usually innate) for using one hand rather than the other.

Synonyms

• (difference between a left and right): chirality

Hypernyms

• laterality

Hyponyms

• left-handedness
• right-handedness

Related terms

• left-handed
• right-handed

Translations

property

• Finnish: kätisyys, kiraalisuus (fi)
• French: chiralité (fr) f
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• German: Chiralität f

preference for using the right or left hand

• Finnish: kätisyys
• French: préférence manuelle (fr) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Händigkeit f
• Spanish: manaje (es) f

See also

• chiral
• eyedness
• footedness