Clockwise

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  clockwise \clockwise\ adj.
     1. -- of rotatory motion. {dextral}
        [WordNet 1.5]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  clockwise \clock"wise`\, a. & adv.
     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}.
  
     Syn: right-handed, dextrorotary, dextrorotatory.
          [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  clockwise
       adj : in the same direction as the rotating hands of a clock [ant:
              {counterclockwise}]
       adv : in the direction that the hands of a clock move; "please
             move clockwise in a circle" [ant: {counterclockwise}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  41 Moby Thesaurus words for "clockwise":
     anticlockwise, around, conservative, counterclockwise, dexter,
     dextral, dextrocardial, dextrocerebral, dextrocular, dextrogyrate,
     dextrogyratory, dextropedal, dextrorotary, dextrorse, earthward,
     head over heels, heavenward, heels over head, homeward,
     in a circle, in a spin, in a whirl, in circles, landward, leeward,
     leftward, off, positive, reactionary, right, right-hand,
     right-wing, right-wingish, rightward, round, round about,
     round and round, seaward, starboard, widdershins, windward