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handedness Definition

hand·ed·ness (-nis)

noun

  1. ability in using one hand more skillfully than, and in preference to, the other
  2. Chem. the structural property of an asymmetrical molecule or object which has the mirror-image structure of another molecule or object

handedness Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • connection: On the conformation of proteins: The handedness of the connection between parallel beta strands.
  • structure: This method uses a defined geometry in the data collection, and is able to find the handedness of the structure unambiguously.

Possessives

  • child: Routine ultrasound screening in pregnancy and the children's subsequent handedness.

Converse of object

  • leave: This underlying biology allows us to understand the way in which left handedness has been treated in history.
  • suggest: Research with other animals suggests that handedness, footedness, etc. may also occur.
  • know: We do know that handedness is determined by a greater dominance of one side of the brain over the other.
  • develop: An interrupted development hinders the brain from developing a natural handedness.

Adjective modifier

  • heavy: Everything went off peacefully, despite the heavy handedness of the police.
  • left: I have never been taught any specific ways to compensate my left handedness.
  • high: It is often the petty injustices and the high handedness of minor bureaucrats which often outrage and alienate Mr and Mrs Joe Public.
  • right: A cholesteric ( or twisted nematic ) liquid crystal is chiral: the molecules have left or right handedness.
  • opposite: For every particle except the neutrinos there is an antiparticle of the opposite handedness.
  • even: Mayors generally go out of their way to display their even handedness in political matters during the year.

Preposition: in

  • human: The results are discussed in the general context of the evolution of handedness in humans.
  • population: Evolution of the polymorphism of handedness in human populations.

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