clockwise

adv, adj — 2 senses

clockwise

adv

/ˈklɒkwaɪz/

Etymology From clock + -wise.

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 the Gilded World of Per Se’s Kitchen”, in The New York Times:

Synonyms: CW, dextrorotatory, sunwise, deasil
Antonyms: ACW, anticlockwise, CCW, counterclockwise, counter-clockwise, withershins, widdershins

clockwise

adj

Etymology From clock + -wise.

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:

Derived terms: clockwisely, clockwiseness, contraclockwise

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