clockwise

English

Etymology

clock +‎ -wise

Pronunciation

• enPR: klŏk'wīz, IPA^(key): /ˈklɒkwaɪz/

• Audio (US):

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Adverb

clockwise (not comparable)

1. In a curve or twist corresponding to the movement of the hands of a clock.

Synonyms

• CW, dextrorotatory, sunwise, deasil

Antonyms

• ACW, anticlockwise (UK, Australia, New Zealand)
• CCW, counterclockwise, counter-clockwise (US, Canada)
• withershins, widdershins

Translations

in a circular fashion in the same direction as the hands of an analogue clock

• Arabic: بِإِتِّجَاه عَقَارِب السَّاعَة (biʔittijāh ʕaqārib as-sāʕa)
• Bulgarian: по посока на часовнковата стрелка (po posoka na časovnkovata strelka)
• Catalan: en el sentit horari
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 順時針／顺时针 (zh) (shùnshízhēn), 顺时针 (zh) (shùn shízhēn)

• Czech: po směru hodinových ručiček
• Danish: med uret
• Dutch: rechtsom (nl), met de klok mee, in wijzerzin
• Esperanto: dekstrume
• Estonian: päripäeva
• Finnish: myötäpäivään (fi)
• French: dans le sens des aiguilles d’une montre (fr), dans le sens horaire (fr)
• Galician: en sentido das agullas do reloxo, en sentido horario
• German: im Uhrzeigersinn (de)
• Greek: δεξιόστροφα (dexióstrofa), κατά τη φορά των δεικτών του ρολογιού (katá ti forá ton deiktón tou rologioú)
• Hindi: दक्षिणावर्त्त (dakṣiṇāvartt)
• Hungarian: az óra járásával megegyező irányba
• Indonesian: searah jarum jam
• Irish: deiseal
• Italian: senso orario
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 右回り (みぎまわり, migimawari), 時計回り (とけいまわり, tokei-mawari)
• Korean: 시계 방향 (sigye banghyang)
• Maori: whakatekaraka
• Norman: auve lé solé, comme lé solé
• Norwegian: medurs

  Bokmål: med klokken

• Polish: zgodnie z ruchem wskazówek zegara
• Portuguese: no sentido horário, no sentido dos ponteiros do relógio
• Romanian: în sens orar, în sensul acelor de ceasornic
• Russian: по часово́й стре́лке (po časovój strélke)
• Scottish Gaelic: deiseil
• Slovak: v smere ručičiek
• Spanish: en el sentido de las agujas del reloj, en sentido horario, dextrorso m
• Swedish: medurs (sv), medsols
• Tagalog: pataknaan
• Turkish: saat yönünde
• Urdu: بائیں سے دائیں (bāẽ se dāẽ)
• Vietnamese: theo chiều kim đồng hồ
• Welsh: clocwedd (cy)
• Westrobothnian:

Adjective

clockwise (not comparable)

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.

Translations

moving clockwise

• Esperanto: dekstruma (eo)
• Greek: δεξιόστροφος (el) m (dexióstrofos)
• Maori: whakatekaraka
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Polish: zgodny z ruchem wskazówek zegara m
• Tagalog: pataknaan

See also

• Clockwise on Wikipedia.Wikipedia