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left-hand

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. left, left handadjective

    the hand that is on the left side of the body

    "jab with your left"

  2. left(a), left-hand(a)adjective

    intended for the left hand

    "I rarely lose a left-hand glove"

  3. left-hand(a)adjective

    located on or directed toward the left

    "a car with left-hand drive"

Wiktionary

  1. left-handadjective

    of, relating to, or located on the left

  2. left-handadjective

    designed for use by the left hand

ChatGPT

  1. left-hand

    1) In terms of direction, the left-hand refers to the side of the human body that is to the west when facing north and is generally associated with the hand most people do not primarily use for writing and other activities. 2) In music, especially piano, the left-hand typically plays the bass line or supports the rhythm section. 3) In mathematics, the left-hand side (LHS) of an equation refers to the expression written before the equals sign. 4) In mechanics, a left-hand thread is a type of thread that is tightened counterclockwise and loosened clockwise, opposite of standard or right-hand threads. 5) In politics, left-hand or left-wing usually refers to social equality and egalitarianism. 6) In stage direction, left-hand refers to the area of the stage to the performer's left when facing the audience. It can also refer to simply someone's left hand, the hand on the left side of the body.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Left-handadjective

    situated on the left; nearer the left hand than the right; as, the left-hand side; the left-hand road

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of left-hand in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of left-hand in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of left-hand in a Sentence

  1. Victor Dean Collins:

    One persons left hand, will cost a friend their right hand.

  2. De La Rue:

    With your right hand, hold one end of a resistance band overhead. With your left hand, reach behind you to grab the opposite end of the band, bend right elbow and straighten arm to reach up to the ceiling. Start with three sets of 10 reps, then switch to the other arm.

  3. Detroit Police Chief James Craig:

    There were eight shots fired in five seconds. Fourfired by threeofficers, one officer fired twoshots, and then four shots fired by the suspect, as Littleton raised the gun in his left hand he was aiming at the head of the officer.

  4. Kyle Aspinwall:

    This is a picture of the defendant holding what appears to be a handgun in his left hand in a reverse grip.

  5. Sankt Marien:

    In two of the affected children, the left hand was deformed -- they had a normal forearm, but the palms and fingers were undeveloped. In another child, the right hand was affected -- here, too, the hand and fingers were undeveloped, despite a normal forearm.

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