[ 'dɛkstr(ə)l ]
■ adjective
1》 of or on the right side or the right hand. The opposite of sinistral .
↘right-handed.
2》 Geology relating to or denoting a strike-slip fault in which the motion of the block on the further side of the fault is towards the right.
3》 Zoology (of a spiral mollusc shell) with whorls rising to the right and coiling anticlockwise.
■ noun a right-handed person.
Derivatives
~ity -'stralɪti noun
~ly adverb
Origin
C17: from med. L. ~is , from L. dextra 'the right hand', from dexter 'on the right'.