dextral vs right-handed

dextral

adj
  • Of or pertaining to the right side 

right-handed

adj
  • Using their right hand in preference to, or more skillfully than, their left. 

  • Intended to be worn on, or used by, the right hand. 

  • Of a particle for which the direction of its spin is the same as the direction of its motion. 

  • Of a coordinate system: following the right-hand rule. 

  • Turning or spiralling from left to right; clockwise. 

noun
  • Right-handed people, taken as a whole. 

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