sinistrality
(sɪnɪˈstrælɪtɪ)
[f. prec. + -ity.]
The state or quality of being sinistral.
| 1852 Roget Thesaurus p. xxii. note, I have..framed from the adjectives..sinistral, and gaseous, the abstract nouns..sinistrality, and gaseity. 1888 Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. XI. 604 A certain coincidence between conditions of temperature and dextrality or sinistrality of the species [Synaptura]. 1904 Sat. Rev. 10 Sept. 326 The meaning which the disputants attach to what they call sinistrality. |