"handedness" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-handedness.wav Forms: handednesses [plural]
Etymology: From handed + -ness. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|handed|ness}} handed + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} handedness (countable and uncountable, plural handednesses)
  1. (chemistry, physics) The property that distinguishes an asymmetric object from its mirror image. For example, the essential difference between a left and right glove. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: chirality Translations (property): kätisyys (Finnish), kiraalisuus (Finnish), chiralité [feminine] (French), Chiralität [feminine] (German), chiralitate [feminine] (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-handedness-en-noun-lkV7Bkpe Categories (other): Chemistry, Physics, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 86 14 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 90 10 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'property': 100 0
  2. A preference (usually innate) for using one hand rather than the other. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (preference for using the right or left hand): kätisyys (Finnish), préférence manuelle [feminine] (French), Händigkeit [feminine] (German), dextralitate [feminine] (Romanian), preferință manuală [feminine] (Romanian), manaje [feminine] (Spanish), lateralidad [feminine] (Spanish), hänthet [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-handedness-en-noun-9qH-SHd2 Disambiguation of 'preference for using the right or left hand': 18 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "preference for using the right or left hand",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Händigkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "preference for using the right or left hand",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dextralitate"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "preference for using the right or left hand",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "preferință manuală"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "preference for using the right or left hand",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "manaje"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "preference for using the right or left hand",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lateralidad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "preference for using the right or left hand",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "hänthet"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "handedness",
    "handedness (disambiguation)"
  ],
  "word": "handedness"
}

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