right-handed twist

  • 1right-handed rope — noun or right hand rope 1. : a right laid rope in which the strands are formed of yarns with left handed twist : a plain laid rope compare left handed rope 2. : any right laid rope …

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  • 2left-handed rope — noun or left hand rope 1. : a left laid rope in which the strands are formed of yarns with right handed twist called also back handed rope; compare right handed rope 2. : any left laid rope …

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  • 3Left-handed — Left hand ed, a. 1. Having the left hand or arm stronger and more dexterous than the right; using the left hand and arm with more dexterity than the right. [1913 Webster] 2. Clumsy; awkward; unlucky; insincere; sinister; malicious; as, a left… …

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  • 4Left-handed marriage — Left handed Left hand ed, a. 1. Having the left hand or arm stronger and more dexterous than the right; using the left hand and arm with more dexterity than the right. [1913 Webster] 2. Clumsy; awkward; unlucky; insincere; sinister; malicious; as …

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  • 5Left-handed screw — Left handed Left hand ed, a. 1. Having the left hand or arm stronger and more dexterous than the right; using the left hand and arm with more dexterity than the right. [1913 Webster] 2. Clumsy; awkward; unlucky; insincere; sinister; malicious; as …

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  • 6Z-twist —    A right handed yarn twist in which the spiral slants like the middle part of the letter Z …

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  • 7Rope — This article is about non metallic ropes. For other uses, see Rope (disambiguation). Coils of rope used for long line fishing A rope is a length of fibres, twisted or braided together to improve strength for pulling and connecting. It has tensile …

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  • 8Chirality (chemistry) — L form redirects here. For the bacterial strains, see L form bacteria. Two enantiomers of a generic amino acid …

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  • 9Beta sheet — The β sheet (also β pleated sheet) is the second form of regular secondary structure in proteins consisting of beta strands connected laterally by three or more hydrogen bonds, forming a generally twisted, pleated sheet (the most common form of… …

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  • 10Z-DNA — ˈ ̷ ̷ ˌ ̷ ̷ (ˌ) ̷ ̷ ˈ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: zigzag : the left handed uncommon form of double helix DNA in which the chains twist up and to the left around the front of the axis of the helix and that has 12 base pairs in each helical turn and one… …

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