noun
1. superior development of one side of the body
• Syn: ↑dominance
• Hypernyms: ↑bodily property
2. the property of using one hand more than the other
• Syn: ↑handedness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑handed (for: ↑handedness)
• Hypernyms: ↑asymmetry, ↑dissymmetry, ↑imbalance
• Hyponyms: ↑ambidexterity, ↑ambidextrousness, ↑left-handedness, ↑sinistrality, ↑right-handedness, ↑dextrality
3. localization of function on either the right or left sides of the brain
• Syn: ↑lateralization, ↑lateralisation
• Derivationally related forms: ↑lateralize (for: ↑lateralization)
• Hypernyms: ↑localization of function, ↑localisation of function, ↑localization principle, ↑localisation principle, ↑localization, ↑localisation
Useful english dictionary. 2012.