right-handed
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right-handed
- /ɹaɪtˈhændɪd/ Canada, US
Where it comes from
From Middle English riȝt honded, equivalent to right + handed.
adjective more right-handed · most right-handed · righthanded
- 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 righthanded
- Right-handed people, taken as a whole. Evidence contradicting this principle came from a study of epileptic patients by Penfield and Roberts (1959) who found that dysphasia following surgery on the right hemisphere was not significantly more frequent in the left-handed than in the right-handed.
Opposite: left-handed, lefthanded
Thesaurus
noun
Opposite: left-handed, lefthanded
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adj of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left
| Español | diestro |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 오른손잡이 oreunsonjabi |
| 日本語 | 右利き migikiki |
| 中文 | 右利手 yòulìshǒu, 右撇子 yòupiězi |
| हिन्दी | दाएँ हत्था dāẽ hatthā |
| Português | destro |
| Français | droitier |
| Deutsch | rechtshändig |
| Italiano | destrimano |
| Ελληνικά | δεξιόχειρας dexiócheiras |
| Română | dreptaci |
| Русский | правору́кий pravorúkij |
| العربية | أَيْمَن ʔayman |
| עברית | ימני yemaní |
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