Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Growing upward in a spiral that turns from left to right.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Rising from right to left, as a spiral line, helix, or climbing plant.
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- adjective Turning from the
left to theright , in the ascending line, as in thespiral inclination of thestem of themorning glory .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective spiraling upward from left to right
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin dextrōrsus, from dextrōvorsus, turning toward the right : dexter, right; see dextro– + versus, past participle of vertere, to turn; see wer- in Indo-European roots.]
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Latin dextrorsum, contracted from dextrovorsum, dextroversum, toward the right side; dexter right + versus, vorsus, past participle of vertere, vortere, to turn.
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It's not that Turnbull is stupid-he can quote Kierkegaard and Pascal on angst and allude to the deaths of Schubert and Mozart and distinguish between a sinistrorse and a dextrorse Polygonum vine, etc.
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