Clockwise vs. Counterclockwise

Clockwiseadverb

In a curve or twist corresponding to the movement of the hands of a clock.

Clockwiseadjective

Moving clockwise; having rotary motion in the manner of a clock.

Clockwise

- of rotatory motion.

Clockwiseadjective

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.

Clockwiseadjective

in the same direction as the rotating hands of a clock

Clockwiseadverb

in the direction that the hands of a clock move;

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.

Counterclockwiseadverb

In the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise.

Counterclockwiseadjective

Moving or located in the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise.

Counterclockwiseadverb

in the opposite direction to that in which the hands of a clock rotate, as viewed from in front of the clock face; - of rotatory motion or spiral direction. Opposite of clockwise, or right-handed

Counterclockwiseadjective

in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock

Counterclockwiseadverb

in a direction opposite to the direction in which the hands of a clock move;