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sinistral

Syllabification: (sin·is·tral)
Pronunciation: /ˈsinəstrəl/
Definition of sinistral

adjective

  • of or on the left side or the left hand (the opposite of dextral), in particular.
  • left-handed.
  • Geology relating to or denoting a strike-slip fault in which the motion of the block on the opposite side of the fault from an observer is toward the left.
  • Zoology (of a spiral mollusk shell) with whorls rising to the left and coiling in a clockwise direction.

Derivatives

sinistrality

Pronunciation: /ˌsinəˈstralitē/
noun

sinistrally

adverb

sinistral in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of sinistral in the British & World English dictionary
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