sinistral

sinistral (not comparable)

1. Of, facing, or on the left side.
2. Left-handed.
3. (zoology, of certain spiral shells) Having the whorls of the spire revolving or rising to the left; reversed.
4. (geology) Having left lateral fault movement.

• (of, facing, or on the left side): sinistrous

• (of, facing, or on the left side): dextral

• sinistral fault
• sinistral fold

• sinister

sinistral (plural sinistrals)

1. (medicine) A left-handed individual.

• “sinistral”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• IPA^(key): [zinɪsˈtʁaːl]
• Hyphenation: si‧nis‧t‧ral

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sinistral (strong nominative masculine singular sinistraler, not comparable)

1. sinistral

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