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handedness

Summary

handedness ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,835 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • handedness is a type of laterality[2].
  • handedness's Commons category is recorded as Left-handedness[3].
  • handedness is the opposite of ambidexterity[4].
  • handedness's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Handedness[5].
  • handedness's main Wikidata property is recorded as P552[6].
  • handedness's different from is recorded as chirality[7].

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Definition and Type

handedness is a type of laterality[2]. handedness is the opposite of ambidexterity[4].

Why It Matters

handedness ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,835 views/month).[1] handedness has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] handedness is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 24d ago · YoshiRulz · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → chirality
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1889]]: [[Q140175348]]"
  2. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Subclass of → laterality
    Topic's main category → Category:Handedness
    Opposite of → ambidexterity
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007560512905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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