Associations to the word «Clockwise»

Wiktionary

CLOCKWISE, adverb. (of movement) In a circular fashion so as to be moving to the right at the top of the circle and to the left at the bottom, in the way that the hands of a clock move.
CLOCKWISE, adverb. (of movement) Positioned as such when facing the side of a circular structure or configuration, objects moving within the structure approach from the right-hand side, and depart toward the left-hand side.
CLOCKWISE, adjective. Moving clockwise; having rotary motion in the manner of a clock.

Dictionary definition

CLOCKWISE, adverb. In the direction that the hands of a clock move; "please move clockwise in a circle".
CLOCKWISE, adjective. In the same direction as the rotating hands of a clock.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats