Sinistral

4 definitions found

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

  Sinistral \Sin"is*tral\, a.
     1. Of or pertaining to the left, inclining to the left;
        sinistrous; -- opposed to {dextral}.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Zool.) Having the whorls of the spire revolving or rising


        to the left; reversed; -- said of certain spiral shells.
        [1913 Webster]

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

  counterclockwise \coun"ter*clock"wise\ adj. & adv.
     in the opposite direction to that in which the hands of a
     clock rotate, as viewed from in front of the clock face; --
     of rotatory motion or spiral direction. Opposite of
     {clockwise}, or {right-handed}
  
     Note: [Narrower terms: {sinistral} {levororotary,
           levorotatory}]
  
     Syn: left-handed.
          [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

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

  35 Moby Thesaurus words for "sinistral":
     backhand, backhanded, circuitous, counterclockwise, deflectional,
     deviant, deviative, devious, digressive, divagational, divergent,
     excursive, indirect, larboard, left, left-hand, left-handed,
     left-wing, left-wingish, levorotatory, liberal, near, nigh,
     oblique, port, radical, side, sidelong, sinister, sinistrocerebral,
     sinistrocular, sinistrogyrate, sinistromanual, sinistrorse,
     southpaw