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单词 dextrality
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dextralityn.

/dɛkˈstralɪti/
Etymology: < dextral adj. + -ity suffix.
1. The condition of having the right side differing from the left.
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the world > space > shape > misshapenness > [noun] > asymmetry
dextrality1646
asymmetry1664
one-sidedness1830
lopsidedness1843
dissymmetry1844
unsymmetry1867
sidedness1888
the world > space > relative position > quality of having sides or being a side > [noun] > fact of having distinct sides > one or other side or hand > condition of having right differing from left
dextrality1646
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. v. 187 If there were a determinate prepotency in the right..wee might expect the same in other animals, whose parts are also differenced by dextrality . View more context for this quotation
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. v. 191 This doth but peti[ti]onarily inferre a dextrality in the heavens. View more context for this quotation
2. The use by preference of the right hand, and the limbs of the right side generally; right-handedness.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > [noun] > favouring one side
left-handednessa1631
dextrality1646
right-handedness1730
left-handiness1749
right-sidedness1837
sinistrality1852
sinisterity1854
left-leggednessa1861
dexteritya1882
mancinism1890
handedness1915
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. v. 187 Did not institution, but Nature determine dextrality, there would be many more Scevolaes then are delivered in story. View more context for this quotation
1881 J. Le Conte Sight 94 There is no doubt that dextrality affects the whole side of the body.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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