clockwise

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

Adjective

  1. Moving clockwise; having rotary motion in the manner of a clock.
    • In the southern hemisphere the flow of air around a low-pressure system is clockwise.
    • The clockwise beating of cilia results in a net flow of extraembryonic fluid leftwards […] - 2006, Manfred Schliwa, Molecular Motors, page 359:

Origin

Etymology tree English clock Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós Proto-Germanic *wīsaz Proto-Germanic *-wīsaz Proto-West Germanic *-wīs Old English -wīs Middle English -wis English -wise English clockwise From clock + -wise.

Derived

clockwisely clockwiseness contraclockwise

Adverb

  1. In a curve or twist corresponding to the movement of the hands of a clock.
    • Turn the handle clockwise to open it.
    • The main —— or cooking —— kitchen is an inhumanly immaculate expanse of burner rings and countertops where, according to tradition, the stations move clockwise from canapé to entremetier. - 2009 May 28, Alan Feuer, “In...

Synonyms

CW dextrorotatory sunwise deasil

Antonyms

ACW anticlockwise CCW counterclockwise counter-clockwise withershins widdershins