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clockwise \clockwise\ adj.
1. -- of rotatory motion. {dextral}
[WordNet 1.5]


clockwise \clock"wise`\, a. & adv.
in the same direction as the hands of a clock rotate, as
viewed from in front of the clock face; -- said of that
direction of a rotation about an axis, or about a point in a
plane, which is ordinarily reckoned negative. Also said of
the direction of a spiral, in which case the term
{right-handed} is more common. Opposite of
{counterclockwise}, and {left-handed}.

Syn: right-handed, dextrorotary, dextrorotatory.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]