Initialism vs Clockwise - What's the difference?
initialism | clockwise |
A term formed from the initial letter or letters of several words or parts of words, but which is itself pronounced letter by letter.
(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.
As a noun initialism
is a term formed from the initial letter or letters of several words or parts of words, but which is itself pronounced letter by letter.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.As an adjective clockwise is
moving clockwise; having rotary motion in the manner of a clock.initialism
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Noun
(wikipedia initialism) (en noun)- BBC is an initialism for British Broadcasting Corporation.
See also
* abbreviation * acronym * orphan initialism * TLA *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 .