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clockwise
CIDE DICTIONARY
clockwise, adj.
-- of rotatory motion. [WordNet 1.5]
clockwise, 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 . [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
clockwise, adj. & adv. in a curve corresponding in direction to the movement of the hands of a clock.
THESAURUS
clockwise
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