"handedness" meaning in All languages combined

See handedness on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: handednesses [plural]
Etymology: 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 Categories (topical): Chemistry, Physics Synonyms (difference between a left and right): chirality Translations (property): kätisyys (Finnish), kiraalisuus (Finnish), chiralité [feminine] (French), Chiralität [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-handedness-en-noun-lkV7Bkpe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 80 20 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'difference between a left and right': 93 7 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), manaje [feminine] (Spanish), hänthet [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-handedness-en-noun-9qH-SHd2 Disambiguation of 'preference for using the right or left hand': 24 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: laterality Hyponyms: left-handedness, right-handedness

Inflected forms

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