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Handedness
The property that distinguishes an asymmetric object from its mirror image. For example, the essential difference between a left and right glove.
📖 Definitions of "Handedness"
- 1
The property that distinguishes an asymmetric object from its mirror image. For example, the essential difference between a left and right glove.
- 2
A preference (usually innate) for using one hand rather than the other.
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| lateralitynoun | the state or quality of being lateral |
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| Word | Definition |
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| lateralitynoun | the state or quality of being lateral |
| chiralitynoun | The phenomenon, in chemistry, physics and mathematics, in which objects are mirror images of each other, but are otherwise identical; handedness. |
| closehandednessnoun | Parsimony. |
| dichroismnoun | The property of some crystals of transmitting different colors of light in different directions. |
| hand-eye coordinationnoun | The degree of coordination a person has between their eyes and their hands; a person's dexterity in activities highly dependent upon sight, such as catching a ball. |
| anisotropynoun | The property of being directionally dependent. |
| perverse | Morally wrong or evil; wicked; perverted. |
| heterochiralitynoun | The condition of being heterochiral. |
| homotheticitynoun | the property of being homothetic. |
| two left handsnoun | (idiomatic) Lack of dexterity in either hand; being ambilevous. |
| ipsilateralitynoun | (medicine) The state of being ipsilateral, i.e. being on the same side. |
| enantiomorphismnoun | (chemistry) The relationship exhibited by a pair of enantiomorphs. |
| symmetricitynoun | (uncountable) The condition of being symmetric |
| hamiltonicitynoun | (graph theory) The property of being Hamiltonian. |
| anisotropismnoun | Alternative form of anisotropy. [The property of being directionally dependent.] |
| isotropynoun | (geometry, physics) The property of being identical, or having the same physical properties, in all directions. |
| eigensymmetrynoun | The inherent symmetry of a crystal irrespective of its orientation and location in space |
| pseudochiralitynoun | Synonym of pseudoasymmetry. |
| contrastnoun | (countable) A difference between two objects, people or concepts. |
| coassociativitynoun | (mathematics) A relationship that is the dual of associativity. |
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