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sinistral

Pronunciation: /ˈsɪnɪstr(ə)l/

Definition of sinistral

adjective

  • of or on the left side or the left hand (the opposite of dextral).
  • left-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 left.
  • Zoology (of a spiral mollusc shell) with whorls rising to the left and coiling in a clockwise direction.

noun

  • a left-handed person.

Derivatives

sinistrality

Pronunciation: /-ˈtralɪti/

noun

sinistrally

adverb

sinistral in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of sinistral in the US English dictionary
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