handedness
/ˈhændɪdnəs/
noun
- The tendency to use one hand more skillfully than the other for tasks like writing or throwing.
- Handedness is usually established by the time a child starts school.
- Most people have a clear handedness, but some are ambidextrous.
- Scientists study handedness to understand brain development.
- A preference or bias toward one side, direction, or orientation.
- In politics, the handedness of a voter's views can lean left or right.
- The handedness of the screw thread requires a clockwise turn to tighten.
- The handedness of a spiral galaxy determines which way its arms curl.