Handedness (disambiguation)

Handedness (disambiguation)

Handedness can refer to different things.

*handedness of human beings
*in mathematics, handedness is a common synonym for orientation or chirality (mathematics)
* Chirality, Greek for "handedness", is also used to describe a number of similar concepts in other fields


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