— right-handedness , n.
/ruyt"han"did/ , adj.
1. having the right hand or arm more serviceable than the left; using the right hand by preference: a right-handed painter.
2. adapted to or performed by the right hand: a right-handed lever; right-handed penmanship.
3. Mach.
a. rotating clockwise.
b. noting a helical, or spiral, member, as a gear tooth or screw thread, that twists clockwise as it recedes from an observer.
4. Building Trades. right-hand (def. 5).
adv. Also, right-handedly .
5. in a right-handed manner or fashion: The door opens right-handed.
6. with the right hand: She writes right-handed.
7. toward the right hand or in a clockwise direction: The strands of the rope are laid right-handed.
[ 1350-1400; ME ]