dextral

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An example of a dextral, right-lateral strike-slip fault is the San Andreas Fault, which denotes a transform boundary between the North American and Pacific plates.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

If the opposing block moves right, it is dextral motion.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

Given that handedness is apparent early in life and the vast majority of people are right-handed, we are almost certainly dextral by nature.

From Scientific American • Mar. 24, 2013

Adj. dextral, right-handed; dexter, dextrorsal†, dextrorse†; ambidextral†, ambidextrous; dextro-.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark

Shell bulimoid, dextral or sinistral; radular teeth, expanded at their extremities and multicuspidate.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various