dextrality
Americannoun
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the state or quality of having the right side or its parts or members different from and, usually, more efficient than the left side or its parts or members; right-handedness.
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preference for using the right hand or side.
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Zoology. the state of being dextral.
Etymology
Origin of dextrality
Example Sentences
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This seems to show that "dextrality" is not derived from the experience of the individual in using either hand predominantly for reaching, grasping, holding, etc., within the easiest range of that hand.
From The Story of the Mind by James Mark Baldwin
Hitherto the actual conditions of the rise of "dextrality" in young children—as the general fact of uneven-handedness may be called—have not been closely observed.
From The Story of the Mind by James Mark Baldwin
In fact, as naturalists have ventured to observe, "dextrality" is a well–known law of nature.
From Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by F. P. Walter
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