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- Word comparison: clockwise vs. counterclockwise
clockwise vs. counterclockwise
adverb
in the direction of the rotation of the hands of a clock as viewed from the front or above; circularly to the right from a point taken as the top.
adjective
directed clockwise.
a clockwise movement.
adjective
in a direction opposite to that of the normal rotation of the hands of a clock; not clockwise.