Right and Left - Right and Left

Japanese: 右と左 - みぎとひだり
Right and Left - Right and Left
It is impossible to define right or left absolutely. For example, right is generally defined as "the direction that is east when facing north" or "the direction that is south when facing east," but this is a kind of tautology, since one must use right and left to define east, such as "right when facing north." It is possible to define left-right symmetry geometrically, but when a symmetrical body is divided in half along the median plane, it is only possible to determine relatively which side is right and which side is left.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
右あるいは左を絶対的に定義することは不可能である。一般には例えば右を〈北を向いたとき東にあたる方〉とか〈東を向いたとき南にあたる方〉と定義するが,東を定義するのに〈北に向かって右〉とかいうふうに右,左を使わねばならないから,これは一種のトートロジーである。左右対称(鏡面対称ともいう)を幾何学的に定義することは可能だが,対称体を正中面で二分したときのいずれを右,左というのかは相対的にしか決定できない。

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