English-Thai Dictionary

dextral

A เกี่ยวกับ ด้าน ขวา 

 

dextrality

N การ ถนัดขวา 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DEXTRAL

a.Right, as opposed to left.

 

DEXTRALITY

n.The state of being on the right side.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DEXTRAL

Dex "tral, a. Etym: [From Dexter. ]

 

Defn: Right, as opposed to sinistral, or left. Dextral shell (Zoöl.), a spiral shell the whorls of which turn from left right, or like the hands of a watch when the apex of the spire is toward the eye of the observer.

 

DEXTRALITY

DEXTRALITY Dex *tral "i *ty, n.

 

Defn: The state of being on the right-hand side; also, the quality of being right-handed; right-handedness. Sir T. Browne.

 

DEXTRALLY

DEXTRALLY Dex "tral *ly

 

Defn: (adv. Towards the right; as, the hands of a watch rotate dextrally.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

dextral

dex tral |ˈdekstrəl ˈdɛkstrəl | ▶adjective of or on the right side or the right hand (the opposite of sinistral ), in particular: • right-handed. • Geology relating to or denoting a strike-slip fault in which the motion of the block on the further side of the fault from an observer is toward the right. • Zoology (of a spiral mollusk shell ) with whorls rising to the right and coiling in a counterclockwise direction. ▶noun a right-handed person. DERIVATIVES dex tral i ty |dekˈstralitē |noun, dex tral ly adverb ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin dextralis, from Latin dextra ‘the right hand, ’ from dexter ‘on the right. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

dextral

dextral |ˈdɛkstr (ə )l | ▶adjective of or on the right side or the right hand (the opposite of sinistral ). • right-handed. • Geology relating to or denoting a strike-slip fault in which the motion of the block on the further side of the fault from an observer is towards the right. • Zoology (of a spiral mollusc shell ) with whorls rising to the right and coiling in an anticlockwise direction. ▶noun a right-handed person. DERIVATIVES dextrality |-ˈstralɪti |noun, dextrally adverb ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from medieval Latin dextralis, from Latin dextra ‘the right hand ’, from dexter ‘on the right ’.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

dextral

dex tral /dékstr (ə )l /形容詞 1 右側の ; 〈巻き貝などが 〉右巻きの .2 右ききの (↔sinistral ).