单词 | dextrality |
释义 | dextralityn. 1. The condition of having the right side differing from the left. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1646 |
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