right-handed

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Using one's right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than, one's left.
Intended to be worn on, or used by, the right hand.
Turning or spiralling from left to right; clockwise.
Of a particle for which the direction of its spin is the same as the direction of its motion.
Of a coordinate system: following the right-hand rule.

noun

/ɹaɪtˈhændɪd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-AnotherFriendlyHuman-right-handed.wav

right-handed more right-handed most right-handed righthanded

From Middle English riȝt honded, equivalent to right + handed.

left-handed lefthanded

chirality

right-handedly right-handedness right-handed neutrino right-handed path rightie righty

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