noun · countable / uncountable · rare

handedness

handedness · handednesses

Händigkeit, Chiralität

A preference for using one hand rather than the otherA preference (usually innate) for using one hand rather than the other.

/ˈhændɪdnəs/

» The number of people self-identifying as left-handed shot up when stigma against left-handedness was eliminated.

Meaning

2 senses

(countable, uncountable)A preference (usually innate) for using one hand rather than the other.
Händigkeit
the property of using one hand more than the other
(countable, uncountable)The property that distinguishes an asymmetric object from its mirror image. For example, the essential difference between a left and right glove.
Chiralität

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The number of people self-identifying as left-handed shot up when stigma against left-handedness was eliminated.
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By meaning 2

preference for using the right or left hand:

(chemistry, physics) property that distinguishes an asymmetric object from its mirror image:

plural: handednesses

Singular	handedness
Plural	handednesses

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