dextral
Definition
- Adjective:
- Preferring to use the right foot, hand, or eye: Describes an individual or organism that naturally favors or is more skilled with their right side.
- Of or on the right side: Pertaining to, located on, or oriented toward the right.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Most humans are dextral, writing and eating with their right hand.
- The dextral gastropod's shell spirals clockwise when viewed from the apex.
- In the experiment, the dextral participants performed the task faster with their right hand.
Advanced Usage
- In Biology/Zoology: Used to describe the coiling direction of shells (e.g., snails) or the anatomical orientation of certain organisms.
- A dextral flatfish, like many flounders, has both eyes on its right side when lying on the seafloor.
- In Geology: Describes the horizontal component of slip in a strike-slip fault where the opposite block moves to the right.
- The San Andreas Fault has sections that are dextral, with the far side moving to the right relative to an observer.
Variants and Related Words
- Dextrality (n): The condition of being right-handed or right-side dominant.
- The study measured the degree of dextrality in the population.
- Dextrally (adv): In a dextral manner; toward or on the right.
- The shell coils dextrally.
Synonyms
- Right-handed: (Commonly used for humans; more specific to hand preference).
- Right-sided: (More general, indicating location).
Antonyms
- Sinistral: Preferring the left side or located on the left.
Adjective
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preferring to use right foot or hand or eye
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dextral individuals exhibit dominance of the right hand and eye
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of or on the right
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a dextral gastropod shell with the apex upward has its opening on the right when facing the observer
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a dextral flatfish lies with the right eye uppermost
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