Clockwise vs X - What's the difference?
clockwise | x |
(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.
The twenty-fourth letter of the .
Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type
Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur
Roman numerals
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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.As a letter x is
the twenty-fourth letter of the.As a symbol x is
voiceless velar fricative.clockwise
English
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 .