释义 |
hand·ed·ness I. noun (-es) 1. : the quality or state of being handed 2. : a tendency to use one hand rather than the other < a test for handedness > II. noun 1. a. : the property of an object (as a molecule) of not being identical with its mirror image b. : either of two configurations of an object that may exist in forms which are nonidentical mirror images 2. : the property of having either a clockwise or counterclockwise structure (as the coiling of a snail shell) or motion (as the corkscrew movement of some microorganisms or their flagella or cilia) |