dextral adjective & noun. ['dɛkstr(ǝ)l] M17.
[medieval Latin dextralis from Latin dextra right hand: see -AL¹.]
A. adjective.
1. Situated on the right-hand side; of or pertaining to the right hand or the right-hand side. M17.
2. Conchology. Of a spiral shell: having the whorls ascending from left to right (of the observer). M19.
3. Of a person: (predominantly) right-handed. E20.
4. Geology. Of, pertaining to, or designating a strike-slip fault in which the motion of the block on the further side of the fault from an observer is towards the left. M20.
B. noun. A (predominantly) right-handed person. E20.

► Opp. SINISTRAL.

■ dextrality [dɛk'stralɪti] noun right-handedness, use by preference of the right hand M17.

■ dextrally adverb in a dextral manner or direction, to the right L19.

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