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LATERALITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Superior development of one side of the body
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("laterality" is a kind of...):
bodily property (an attribute of the body)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The property of using one hand more than the other
Synonyms:
handedness; laterality
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("laterality" is a kind of...):
asymmetry; dissymmetry; imbalance ((mathematics) a lack of symmetry)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "laterality"):
ambidexterity; ambidextrousness (the property of being equally skillful with each hand)
left-handedness; sinistrality (preference for using the left hand)
dextrality; right-handedness (preference for using the right hand)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Localization of function on either the right or left sides of the brain
Synonyms:
lateralisation; laterality; lateralization
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("laterality" is a kind of...):
localisation; localisation of function; localisation principle; localization; localization of function; localization principle ((physiology) the principle that specific functions have relatively circumscribed locations in some particular part or organ of the body)
