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–adverb

1.	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

2.	directed clockwise: a clockwise movement.

[Origin: 1885–90; clock¹ + -wise

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clock·wise Audio Help (klŏk'wīz') Pronunciation Key
adv. & adj. Abbr. cw.
In the same direction as the rotating hands of a clock.

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clockwise
adjective
1.	in the same direction as the rotating hands of a clock [ant: anticlockwise]
adverb
1.	in the direction that the hands of a clock move; "please move clockwise in a circle" [ant: anticlockwise]

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
ˈclockwise adverb

in the direction of the movement of the hands of a clock
Example: The children moved clockwise round the room, then anticlockwise.

Arabic:	في اتِّجاه عَقْرَبَي السّاعَه
Chinese (Simplified):	顺时针方向地
Chinese (Traditional):	順時針方向地
Czech:	ve směru hodinových ručiček
Danish:	i urets retning
Dutch:	met de wijzers van de klok mee
Estonian:	päripäeva
Finnish:	myötäpäivään
French:	dans le sens des aiguilles d'une montre
German:	im Uhrzeigersinn
Greek:	δεξιόστροφα
Hungarian:	az óramutató forgásának irányában
Icelandic:	réttsælis
Indonesian:	mengikuti arah jarum jam
Italian:	in senso orario*

Japanese:	右回りの
Korean:	시계 방향으로
Latvian:	pulksteņa rādītāju kustības virzienā
Lithuanian:	pagal laikrodžio rodyklę
Norwegian:	med sola, *urviserne; medsols
Polish:	zgodnie z ruchem wskazówek zegara
Portuguese (Brazil):	sentido horário
Portuguese (Portugal):	em círculo
Romanian:	în sensul acelor de ceasornic
Russian:	по часовой стрелке
Slovak:	v smere hodinových ručičiek
Slovenian:	v smeri urnega kazalca
Spanish:	en sentido de las agujas del reloj, dextrorso
Swedish:	medurs
Turkish:	saat yönünde

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Clockwise

Clock"wise`\, a. & adv. Like the motion of the hands of a clock; -- said of that direction of a rotation about an axis, or about a point in a plane, which is ordinarily reckoned negative.

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