clockwise

clock +‎ -wise

• enPR: klŏk'wīz, IPA^(key): /ˈklɒkwaɪz/

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• Rhymes: -ɒkwaɪz

clockwise (not comparable)

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

   Turn the handle clockwise to open it.

• CW, dextrorotatory, sunwise, deasil

• ACW, anticlockwise (UK, Australia, New Zealand)
• CCW, counterclockwise, counter-clockwise (US, Canada)
• withershins, widdershins

clockwise (not comparable)

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.

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