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Meanings of dextral in English

Of or on the right.

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        Examples for "sinistral"
        1
        The aim was true, but the sinistral had mistimed in its fear.
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        2
        It sought its fellow sinistral, in the body of the younger, muscled man.
        Perdido Street Station
        3
        The sinistral flicked its canine eyes momentarily away from its mirror-helm.
        Perdido Street Station
        4
        Rescue waited while an unseen sinistral attached the dog uncomfortably to his back.
        Perdido Street Station
        5
        One dark-suited man spasmed as the sinistral shut down the dextrier's assimilation gland.
        Iron Council
        Usage of dextral in English
        1
        The circuit used by the decorator of this box is dextral or sunwise.
        Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 / Seventeenth Annual...
        2
        My snail's shell was dextral, with a right-side opening, as is most common.
        The sound of a wild snail eating
        3
        Her right arm rested upon the table, and her dextral fingers nervously manipulated a sealed letter.
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        4
        Nondextral patients with bilateral language representation also displayed decreased visuospatial performance, although dextral patients with bilateral language did not.
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        5
        Lowered PIQ was present in the bilateral nondextral group but not for bilateral dextral patients, and this pattern was observed with other visuospatial measures.
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        Dextral through the time