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adjectivein the same direction as the rotating hands of a clock
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"please move clockwise in a circle"in the direction that the hands of a clock moveOpposite:
Definition that contains clockwise
- back shift to a counterclockwise direction
- first the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate)
- third the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the third of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate)
- planet (astronomy) any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine by reflected light; Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto in order of their proximity to the sun; viewed from the constellation Hercules, all the planets rotate around the sun in a counterclockwise direction
- veer shift to a clockwise direction
- promenade a square dance figure; couples march counterclockwise in a circle
- cyclone (meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern
- inclination (geometry) the angle formed by the x-axis and a given line (measured counterclockwise from the positive half of the x-axis)
- swastika the official emblem of the Nazi Party and the Third Reich; a cross with the arms bent at right angles in a clockwise direction
- nbe the compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north