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Left-handedness

Alt. of Left-handiness

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Laterality 76% connected

The state or condition of being lateral.

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Position 76% connected

The state of being posited, or placed; the manner in which anything is placed; attitude; condition; as, a firm, an inclined, or an upright position.

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Status 76% connected

State; condition; position of affairs.

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Left-handed 74% connected

Having the left hand or arm stronger and more dexterous than the right; using the left hand and arm with more dexterity than the right.

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Left-handed 74% connected

Having the left hand or arm stronger and more dexterous than the right; using the left hand and arm with more dexterity than the right.

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Sinistrality 92% connected

The quality or state of being sinistral.

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Inequality noun · 85% connection

lack of equality; "the growing inequality between rich and poor"

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Distribution noun · 85% connection

(statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence

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Formal system noun · 85% connection

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Statistical distribution noun · 85% connection

(statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence

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Arithmetic mean noun · 85% connection

the sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values

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Expectation noun · 85% connection

the sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values

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Expected value noun · 85% connection

the sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values

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First moment noun · 85% connection

the sum of the values of a random variable divided by the number of values

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Frequency distribution noun · 85% connection

a distribution of observed frequencies of occurrence of the values of a variable

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Bastardy noun · 84% connection

the status of being born to parents who were not married

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Caste noun · 84% connection

social status or position conferred by a system based on class; "lose caste by doing work beneath one's station"

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Command noun · 84% connection

a position of highest authority; "the corporation has just undergone a change in command"

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Dignity noun · 84% connection

high office or rank or station; "he respected the dignity of the emissaries"

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Disparity noun · 84% connection

inequality or difference in some respect

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Echelon noun · 84% connection

status in a society or organization; "the upper echelon"

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Election noun · 84% connection

the status or fact of being elected; "they celebrated his election"

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Equality noun · 84% connection

a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced; "on a par with the best"

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Equation noun · 84% connection

a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced; "on a par with the best"

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Blood pressure noun · 78% connection

the pressure of the circulating blood against the walls of the blood vessels; results from the systole of the left ventricle of the he…

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Boustrophedon noun · 78% connection

An ancient mode of writing, in alternate directions, one line from left to right, and the next from right to left (as fields are plowe…

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Burr noun · 78% connection

The thin edge or ridge left by a tool in cutting or shaping metal, as in turning, engraving, pressing, etc.; also, the rough neck left…

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Catalysis noun · 78% connection

A process by which reaction occurs in the presence of certain agents which were formerly believed to exert an influence by mere contac…

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Center noun · 78% connection

Those members of a legislative assembly (as in France) who support the existing government. They sit in the middle of the legislative…

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Conservation of parity noun · 78% connection

(physics) parity is conserved in a universe in which the laws of physics are the same in a right-handed system of coordinates as in a…

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Coriolis effect noun · 78% connection

(physics) an effect whereby a body moving in a rotating frame of reference experiences the Coriolis force acting perpendicular to the…

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Diagonal noun · 78% connection

(mathematics) a set of entries in a square matrix running diagonally either from the upper left to lower right entry or running from t…

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Effects noun · 78% connection

property of a personal character that is portable but not used in business; "she left some of her personal effects in the house"; "I w…

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Formatted capacity noun · 78% connection

(computer science) the usable capacity of a disk drive; the amount of space that is left after the sector headings and boundary defini…

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Glean verb · 78% connection

To gather after a reaper; to collect in scattered or fragmentary parcels, as the grain left by a reaper, or grapes left after the gath…

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Inversion noun · 78% connection

A movement in tactics by which the order of companies in line is inverted, the right being on the left, the left on the right, and so…

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