levogyre

/lɪˈvɒɡraɪ/

Definitions

1. noun

a person who spins to the left, especially a left-handed person.

“The instructor asked the levogyre to take a position at the left side of the mat.”

2. noun

an object or a phenomenon that rotates in the opposite direction to the right-handed system, especially in astronomy, where it refers to a binary star system in which the brighter star is a white dwarf.

“The scientists studied the binary star system, which was classified as a levogyre system, to understand its behavior.”

Synonyms

  • left-hander
  • sinister

Antonyms

  • dextrous
  • right-hander