Clockwise

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • ad. In the same direction as the rotating hands of a clock.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • ad. In a circular fashion so as to be moving to the right at the top of the circle and to the left at the bottom, in the way that the hands of an analogue/analog clock move.
  • adj. Moving clockwise; having rotary motion in the manner of a clock.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. -- of rotatory motion.
  • adjective-and-adverb. in the same direction as the hands of a clock rotate, as viewed from in front of the clock face; -- said of that direction of a rotation about an axis, or about a point in a plane, which is ordinarily reckoned negative. Also said of the direction of a spiral, in which case the term right-handed is more common. Opposite of counterclockwise, and left-handed.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In the direction of rotation of the hands of a clock: as, the direction of the Amperian currents in the south pole of a magnet is clockwise.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • ad. in the direction that the hands of a clock move
  • adj. in the same direction as the rotating hands of a clock
    • Equivalent
    right-handed    dextrorotatory    dextrorotary   
    Antonym
    withershins    widdershins    qualifier    Australia    counter-clockwise   
    Variant
    right-handed   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    right-handed    dextrorotary    dextrorotatory    CW    sunwise   
     
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