#238.  Dextrality. —­ N. dextrality[obs3]; right, right hand; dexter,
offside, starboard. 
     Adj. dextral, right-handed; dexter, dextrorsal[obs3], dextrorse[obs3];
ambidextral[obs3], ambidextrous; dextro-. 
     Adv. dextrad[obs3], dextrally[obs3].

     #239.  Sinistrality. —­ N. sinistrality[obs3]; left, left hand, a
gauche; sinister, nearside[obs3], larboard, port. 
     Adj. left-handed; sinister; sinistral, sinistrorsal[obs3],
sinistrorse[obs3], sinistrous[obs3];
     Pref. laevo-. 
     Adv. sinistrally, sinistrously[obs3].

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     #240.  Form. —­ N. form, figure, shape; conformation, configuration;
make, formation, frame, construction, cut, set, build, trim, cut of one’s jib; stamp, type, cast, mold; fashion; contour &c. (outline) 230; structure &c. 329; plasmature[obs3].
     feature, lineament, turn; phase &c. (aspect) 448; posture, attitude,
pose.
     [Science of form] morphism.
     [Similarity of form] isomorphism.
     forming &c. v.; formation, figuration, efformation[obs3]; sculpture;
plasmation[obs3]. 
     V. form, shape, figure, fashion, efform[obs3], carve, cut, chisel,
hew, cast; rough hew, rough cast; sketch; block out, hammer out; trim; lick into shape, put into shape; model, knead, work up into, set, mold, sculpture; cast, stamp; build &c. (construct) 161. 
     Adj. formed &c. v.
     [Receiving form] plastic, fictile[obs3]; formative; fluid.
     [Giving form] plasmic[obs3].
     [Similar in form] isomorphous.
     [taking several forms] pleomorphic; protean; changeable, &c. 149.

     #241. [Absence of form.] Amorphism. —­ N. amorphism[obs3],
informity[obs3]; unlicked cub[obs3]; rudis indigestaque moles[Lat]; disorder &c. 59; deformity &c. 243.
     disfigurement, defacement; mutilation; deforming.
     chaos, randomness (disorder) 59.
     [taking form from surroundings] fluid &c. 333. 
     V. deface[Destroy form], disfigure, deform, mutilate, truncate;
derange &c. 61; blemish, mar. 
     Adj. shapeless, amorphous, formless; unformed, unhewn[obs3],
unfashioned[obs3], unshaped, unshapen; rough, rude, Gothic, barbarous, rugged.

     #242. [Regularity of form.] Symmetry. —­ N. symmetry, shapeliness,
finish; beauty &c. 845; proportion, eurythmy[obs3], uniformity, parallelism; bilateral symmetry, trilateral symmetry, multilateral symmetry; centrality &c. 222.
     arborescence[obs3], branching, ramification; arbor vitae. 
     Adj. symmetrical, shapely, well set, finished; beautiful &c. 845;
classic, chaste, severe.
     regular, uniform, balanced; equal &c. 27; parallel, coextensive.
     arborescent[obs3], arboriform[obs3]; dendriform[obs3], dendroid[obs3];
branching; ramous[obs3], ramose; filiciform[obs3], filicoid[obs3]; subarborescent[obs3]; papilionaceous[obs3].
     fuji-shaped, fujigata[Jap.].