clockwise

4 definitions found

clockwise - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

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

  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.]

clockwise - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  clockwise
      adv 1: in the direction that the hands of a clock move; "please
             move clockwise in a circle" [ant: anticlockwise,
             counterclockwise]
      adj 1: in the same direction as the rotating hands of a clock
             [ant: anticlockwise, contraclockwise,
             counterclockwise]

clockwise - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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