Clockwise vs False - What's the difference?
clockwise | false |
(of movement) In a circular fashion so as to be moving to the right at the top of the circle and to the left at the bottom, in the way that the hands of a clock move.
(of movement) Positioned as such when facing the side of a circular structure or configuration, objects moving within the structure approach from the right-hand side, and depart toward the left-hand side.
Moving clockwise; having rotary motion in the manner of a clock.
Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
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Spurious, artificial.
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(lb) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
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Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
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*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:I to myself was false , ere thou to me.
Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
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*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
*:whose false foundation waves have swept away
Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
(lb) Out of tune.
As adjectives the difference between clockwise and false
is that clockwise is moving clockwise; having rotary motion in the manner of a clock while false is (label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.As an adverb clockwise
is (of movement) in a circular fashion so as to be moving to the right at the top of the circle and to the left at the bottom, in the way that the hands of a clock move.clockwise
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Adverb
(-)Synonyms
* (movement) CW, dextrorotatory, sunwise, deasilAntonyms
* (movement) ** ACW, anticlockwise (qualifier) ** CCW, counterclockwise, counter-clockwise (qualifier) ** withershins, widdershinsAdjective
(-)- In the southern hemisphere the flow of air around a low-pressure system is clockwise .
See also
* (Clockwise)false
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Adjective
(er)A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles: Founded Mainly on the Materials Collected by the Philological Society, section=Part 1, publisher=Clarendon Press, location=Oxford, editor= , volume=1, page=217 , passage=Also the rule of false position, with dyuers examples not onely vulgar, but some appertaynyng to the rule of Algeber.}}