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leftness

leftness noun: the property of being on, or moving toward, the left.

Noun

leftness (uncountable)

  1. The property of being on, or moving toward, the left.
    • 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).1995, Mary Dalrymple, Formal Issues in Lexical-functional Grammar, page 254
    • 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.2006, Manfred Schliwa, Molecular Motors, page 359

Origin of leftness

From left + -ness.

Questions about leftness

What does leftness mean?
Leftness means the property of being on, or moving toward, the left.
What part of speech is leftness?
Leftness is a noun.

Words near leftness in the dictionary

  1. Leftley
  2. Leftleys
  3. leftmost
  4. leftneck
  5. leftnecks
  6. leftness
  7. leftoid
  8. leftoids
  9. leftosphere
  10. leftover
  11. leftovers

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