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Right-handed adj.

Using the right hand habitually, or more easily than the left.

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.

(Zool.) Having the whorls rising from left to right; dextral; said of spiral shells.

Right-handed screw, a screw, the threads of which, like those of a common wood screw, wind spirally in such a direction that the screw advances away from the observer when turned with a right-handed movement in a fixed nut.

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Etymology of 'Right-handed'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Right-handed" Quotes from Famous Books

... inches in stocking feet. Weight, 160 pounds, with clothing. Is right-handed. Head presents no scars or injuries or evidence of injuries or irregularities of cranial bones; normal in shape, except measurements over left parietal bone from ear to median line at vertex is 1.25 centimeters larger than the right. Cephalic index 80. Cranial capacity normal. External ears ...

— The Attempted Assassination of ex-President Theodore Roosevelt • Oliver Remey

... either side, a foot slipping, a blow getting well home, or another fall, may decide it. Tom works slowly round for an opening; he has all the legs, and can choose his own time. The Slogger waits for the attack, and hopes to finish it by some heavy right-handed blow. As they quarter slowly over the ground, the evening sun comes out from behind a cloud and falls full on Williams's face. Tom darts in; the heavy right hand is delivered, but only grazes his head. A short rally at close ...

— Tom Brown's Schooldays • Thomas Hughes

Words linked to "Right-handed" : right-handedness, dextrorotatory, right, dextrorotary, right-handed pitcher, clockwise, right-hand, dextral