Definition of Dextral. Meaning of Dextral. Synonyms of Dextral

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Definition of Dextral

Dextral
Dextral Dex"tral, a. [From Dexter.] Right, as opposed to sinistral, or left. Dextral shell (Zo["o]l.), 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.

Meaning of Dextral from wikipedia

- Sinistral and dextral, in some scientific fields, are the two types of chirality ("handedness") or relative direction. The terms are derived from the...
- perversus) show a mixture of dextral and sinistral individuals. There occur also aberrantly sinistral forms of dextral species and some of these are...
- also known as sinistral faults and those with right-lateral motion as dextral faults. Each is defined by the direction of movement of the ground as would...
- The Denali Fault is a major intracontinental dextral (right lateral) strike-slip fault in western North America, extending from northwestern British Columbia...
- distributed in Korea. Most species in this genus have a dextral s**** and 5 species are sinistral. Dextral species in the genus Euhadra include: Euhadra amaliae...
- Atotsugawa Fault ****an Dextral strike-slip Active 1858 Hietsu earthquake (M~7) Awatere Fault 200 South Island, New Zealand Dextral strike-slip Active 1848...
- Johnstone, Leah (2014). "Quantifying cerebral asymmetries for language in dextrals and adextrals with random-effects meta analysis". Frontiers in Psychology...
- The North Island Fault System (NIFS) (also known as North Island Dextral Fault Belt or North Island Shear Belt) is a set of southwest–northeast trending...
- fault in the southern part of the North Island of New Zealand. It is a dextral (right-lateral) strike-slip fault with variable amounts of vertical movement...
- the ends of adjacent segments are known as stepovers. In the case of a dextral fault zone, a right-stepping offset is known as an extensional stepover...