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  2. Volleyball jargon - Wikipedia

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    Consisting of four steps. For right-handed hitters the sequence is: right, left, right, left. For Left-handed hitters: left, right, left, right; Free ball: A ball that is passed over the net because an attack wasn't possible; Free ball kill: A celebratory term when an easy pass is sent over the net and scores a point

  3. Today’s NYT ‘Strands’ Hints, Spangram and Answers for Tuesday ...

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    In today's puzzle, there are eight theme words to find (including the spangram). Hint: The first one can be found on the left side of the board. Here are the first two letters for each word: RI ...

  4. Proper right and proper left - Wikipedia

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    In heraldry, right and left is always used in the meaning of proper right and proper left, as for the imaginary bearer of a coat of arms; to avoid confusion, the Latin terms dexter and sinister are often used. [5] The alternative is to use language that makes it clear that the viewer's perspective is being used.

  5. Laterality - Wikipedia

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    The English word "left" comes from the Anglo-Saxon word lyft which means "weak" or "useless". Similarly, the French word for left, gauche, is also used to mean "awkward" or "tactless", and sinistra, the Latin word from which the English word "sinister" was derived, means "left". Similarly, in many cultures the word for "right" also means "correct".

  6. Sinister - Wikipedia

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    Sinister, Latin for the direction "left" Sinister, in heraldry, is the bearer's true left side (viewers' right side) of an escutcheon or coat of arms; see dexter and sinister. Baton sinister, diminutive of the bend sinister; Bend sinister, heraldic charge in heraldry, sometimes used to imply ancestral illegitimacy; see bend (heraldry)

  7. Boustrophedon - Wikipedia

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    An example, in English, of boustrophedon as used in inscriptions in ancient Greece (Lines 2 and 4 read right-to-left.) Boustrophedon (/ ˌ b uː s t r ə ˈ f iː d ən / [1]) is a style of writing in which alternate lines of writing are reversed, with letters also written in reverse, mirror-style.

  8. Sinistral and dextral - Wikipedia

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    Movement is sinistral (left-handed) if the block on the other side of the fault moves to the left, or if straddling the fault the left side moves toward the observer. Movement is dextral (right-handed) if the block on the other side of the fault moves to the right, or if straddling the fault the right side moves toward the observer. [4]

  9. Ambidexterity - Wikipedia

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    Ambidexterity is the ability to use both the right and left hand equally well. [1] [2] When referring to objects, the term indicates that the object is equally suitable for right-handed and left-handed people. When referring to humans, it indicates that a person has no marked preference for the use of the right or left hand.