clockwise

Etymology

clock + -wise

adv

  1. In a curve or twist corresponding to the movement of the hands of a clock.
    Turn the handle clockwise to open it.

adj

  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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