Definition of Right-handed

1. Adjective. Using or intended for the right hand. "Right-handed scissors"

Also: Dextral, Right
Similar to: Dextral, Right, Right-hand
Antonyms: Ambidextrous, Left-handed
Derivative terms: Right-handedness

2. Adjective. Rotating to the right.
Exact synonyms: Dextrorotary, Dextrorotatory
Similar to: Clockwise
Derivative terms: Right-handedness

Definition of Right-handed

1. Adjective. Of one who uses their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than their left. ¹

2. Adjective. (not comparable) Intended to be worn on, or used by the right hand. ¹

3. Adjective. (not comparable) Turning or spiralling from left to right; clockwise. ¹

4. Adjective. (physics) Of a particle for which the direction of its spin is the same as the direction of its motion. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Right-handed

1. 1. Using the right hand habitually, or more easily or skillful than the left. 2. Having the same direction or course as the movement of the hands of a watch seen in front; said of the motion of a revolving object looked at from a given direction. 3. Having the whorls rising from left to right; dextral; said of spiral shells. Synonym: dextral, dextromanual. Source: Websters Dictionary (21 Jun 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Right-handed

right-clicks
right-down
right-drag
right-eyed
right-footed
right-footer
right-hand
right-hand(a)
right-hand drive
right-hand man
right-hand men
right-hand path
right-hand rule
right-hand woman
right-hand women
right-handed (current term)
right-handed pitcher
right-handedly
right-handedness
right-hander
right-handers
right-hearted
right-ho
right-minded
right-of-centre
right-of-way
right-oh
right-side-out(p)
right-side-up(p)
right-thinking

Literary usage of Right-handed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism by James Clerk Maxwell (1873)
"On right-handed and Left-handed Relations in Space. 23.] In this treatise the motions of translation along any axis and of rotation about that axis, ..."

2. A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism by James Clerk Maxwell (1904)
"On right-handed and Left-handed Relations in Space. 23.] In this treatise the motions of translation along any axis and of rotation about that axis will be ..."

3. A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism by James Clerk Maxwell (1892)
"68 the right.handed helix A, on the right-hand of the figure, represents a left-handed Fig. 6». ray, and the left-handed helix R. on the left-hand, ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1904)
"In the right-handed the speech center is in the left side of the brain, ... The pathologic presents itself when in the right-handed by heredity or habit, ..."

5. Proceedings and Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada: Déliberations by Royal Society of Canada (1908)
"That the average man is right-handed is so well known, that it would appear hardly worth noting the fact, but left-handed men are so common that the ..."

6. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1916)
"The patient, herself right-handed, had a left-handed father and a left-handed mother ... He was himself right-handed, but had two brothers both of whom were ..."

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