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What (who) is clockwise - definition
Clockwise
·add. ·adj & ·adv Like the motion of the hands of a clock;
- said of that direction of a rotation about an axis, or about a point in a plane, which is ordinarily reckoned negative.
clockwise
¦ adverb & adjective in a curve corresponding in direction to the movement of the hands of a clock.
clockwise
When something is moving clockwise, it is moving in a circle in the same direction as the hands on a clock.
He told the children to start moving clockwise around the room.
? anti-clockwise, counterclockwise
ADV: ADV after v
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Clockwise is also an adjective.
Gently swing your right arm in a clockwise direction.
ADJ: ADJ n
Wikipedia
Clockwise
Two-dimensional rotation can occur in two possible directions. Clockwise motion (abbreviated CW) proceeds in the same direction as a clock's hands: from the top to the right, then down and then to the left, and back up to the top.
Examples of use of clockwise
1. Two lanes closed clockwise, narrow lanes anti–clockwise. 50mph speed limit with one lane closed anti–clockwise between junction 10 and junction 8.
2. Schlager Euro–beat propels Münchners politely clockwise around the ice.
3. It was forecast to take a clockwise turn toward Baja.
4. The clockwise carriageway, which was strewn with debris from the explosion, reopened at 2.25pm.
5. He urges it faster and faster on its familiar clockwise journey.