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clockwise

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for clockwise.

Editorial note

Thinking of Canada (and in my experience) Loblaws brand tend to be clockwise, and Sobey's counter-clockwise.

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Quick take

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

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of clockwise gathered in one view.

adverb

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

adjective

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

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for clockwise.

Example sentences

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Thinking of Canada (and in my experience) Loblaws brand tend to be clockwise, and Sobey's counter-clockwise.

2

Additionally, it could tell if you were rotating your hand clockwise or counter-clockwise.

3

The green and blue can turn clockwise, the yellow and red anti-clockwise.

4

That's a lot of words for what can be summarized in a short sentence: clockwise is clockwise because that's how a sundial moves in the Northern Hemisphere.

5

By my count, 33 out of 37 drivers shown are symmetric with regard to clockwise vs counterclockwise driving.

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On a wall-mounted sundial, the shadow moves counter-clockwise (in the Northern hemisphere, the hemisphere referred to throughout this article).

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From a point of reference at the center of the clock, clockwise is always left to right.

8

If you apply clockwise force of magnitude N to green gear, you would be applying +N.

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In theory, forcing people to walk in an unnatural direction (clockwise) will make them go slower but be more on edge.

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But if a wheel was rotating clockwise, it would be moving from left to right.

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I would start in Dakar and make my way clockwise through the Sahara all the way to Egypt.

12

Is it too much to ask the Mongolians to turn their monitors 90 degrees clockwise and look at them in a mirror?

Quote examples

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The "promenade" (a town or two would meet up, single boys circled clockwise around a circle of anti-clockwise girls) was commonplace in eighteenth and nineteenth century Europe.

2

We had a book called "Why do clocks run clockwise?" when I was a kid that answered this question and many others.

3

>"(I don't see the Sun moving right to left, but the Earth turning counter clockwise when seen from the North pole)" ha!

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Is it just me, or does it make no sense to call clockwise "left to right?" After all, when the (end of the) hand of a clock goes around the circle, it goes just as much right to left as it goes left to right, while going clockwise all the time...

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use clockwise in a sentence?

Thinking of Canada (and in my experience) Loblaws brand tend to be clockwise, and Sobey's counter-clockwise.

What does clockwise mean?

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

What part of speech is clockwise?

clockwise is commonly used as adverb, adjective.