Leftness
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Leftness is a noun meaning The property of being on, or moving toward, the left.
Meaning
The property of being on, or moving toward, the left.
Example Sentences
In fact, early generative work recognized a leftness effect on pronoun antecedent relations (Langacker 1969) and the binding of pronouns by quantifiers and other operators (Postal 1972, Jacobson 1977, Chomsky 1976).
The clockwise beating of cilia results in a net flow of extraembryonic fluid leftwards, which may result in the accumulation of an unidentified leftness determinant, which flows into the node symmetrically, on the left side of the node.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include left-handedness, leftwardness, rightness, right-handedness, laterality, one-handedness.
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