Right"-hand`ed, a. 1.
Using the right hand habitually, or more easily than the
left.
2. Having the same direction or course as the
movement of the hands of a watch seen in front; -- said of the motion
of a revolving object looked at from a given direction.
3. (Zoöl.) Having the whorls
rising from left to right; dextral; -- said of spiral shells. See
Illust. of Scalaria.
Right-handed screw, a screw, the threads of
which, like those of a common wood screw, wind spirally in such a
direction that the screw advances away from the observer when turned
with a right-handed movement in a fixed nut.
Right"-hand`ed, a. 1.
Using the right hand habitually, or more easily than the
left.
2. Having the same direction or course as the
movement of the hands of a watch seen in front; -- said of the motion
of a revolving object looked at from a given direction.
3. (Zoöl.) Having the whorls
rising from left to right; dextral; -- said of spiral shells. See
Illust. of Scalaria.
Right-handed screw, a screw, the threads of
which, like those of a common wood screw, wind spirally in such a
direction that the screw advances away from the observer when turned
with a right-handed movement in a fixed nut.
