Dextral

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dextral \Dex"tral\, a. [From {Dexter}.]
     Right, as opposed to sinistral, or left.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Dextral shell} (Zool.), a spiral shell the whorls of which
        turn from left right, or like the hands of a watch when


        the apex of the spire is toward the eye of the observer.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  clockwise \clockwise\ adj.
     1. -- of rotatory motion. {dextral}
        [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dextral
       adj 1: of or on the right; "a dextral gastropod shell with the apex
              upward has its opening on the right when facing the
              observer"; "a dextral flatfish lies with the right eye
              uppermost" [ant: {sinistral}]
       2: preferring to use right foot or hand or eye; "dextral
          individuals exhibit dominance of the right hand and eye"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  18 Moby Thesaurus words for "dextral":
     clockwise, conservative, dexter, dextrocardial, dextrocerebral,
     dextrocular, dextrogyrate, dextrogyratory, dextropedal,
     dextrorotary, dextrorse, off, reactionary, right, right-hand,
     right-wing, right-wingish, starboard