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ˈdɛkstr(ə)l/
adj.
- of or on the right side or the right hand. The opposite of sinistral.
▸right-handed.
- Geology relating to or denoting a strike-slip fault in which the motion of the block on the further side of the fault is towards the right.
- Zoology (of a spiral mollusc shell) with whorls rising to the right and coiling anticlockwise.
n.
a right-handed person.
Derivative
- dextrality
/-ˈstralɪti/
n. - dextrally adv.
Etymology
C17: from med. L. dextralis, from L. dextra ‘the right hand’, from dexter ‘on the right’.
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