Meaning of both-handedness | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Ambidexterity.
   uncountable
2. The property of involving two sides, approaches, or orientations.
   uncountable

Examples

“It has been claimed by some modern scientists that ambidexterity, or both-handedness, is the natural condition of the race⟳, and that the use⟳ of one hand or the other by preference is an acquired habit belonging to the period of development in childhood.”

“Until recently, and even now, both-handedness (ambidextrousness) has been mentioned as a cause of reading difficulties rather than seen as an indicator of immaturity.”

“The binary nature of the study⟳ in effect erases mixed or both-handedness.”

“Serving God with one hand and the devil with the other is a style of both-handedness from which we may well pray to be saved.”

“The opposite-handednesses of the monolayer domains composed of D- and L-enantiomers, presence of both-handedness in racemic domains, ...”

“They exhibit accordingly that property of amphi-cheirality or both-handedness which was noted in the laterales nerves of the lamprey, betokening a possible affinity with the circular neural ring⟳ of the jelly-fish.”

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