Clockwise
ConceptGeometry
A rotational direction matching a clock's hands
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Clockwise
- Geometry
- Physics Concepts and Laws
Clockwise, abbreviated CW, is one of the two possible senses of two-dimensional rotation. Relative to an observer, it proceeds from the top to the right, then downward, leftward, and back to the top, matching the movement of a clock’s hands. Its opposite is called anticlockwise in Commonwealth English and counterclockwise in North American English. Similar senses can be defined for three-dimensional rotation using the corresponding angular velocity vector.
- Abbreviation
- CW
- Direction
- From the top to the right, then down, left, and up
- Opposite direction
- Anticlockwise or counterclockwise
Sources and credits
Sources and credits
- Article
- Clockwise (English Wikipedia)
- Wikidata
- Q16726164
- Text
- Card text is adapted from the English Wikipedia article by an automated summary. Wikipedia content is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; see the article history for its contributors. CC BY-SA 4.0 · Article history and contributors
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