GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   clockwise , 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.
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   Right-handed, a.
   Using the right hand habitually, or more easily than the left.
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   Having the same direction or course as the movement of the hands of a watch seen in front; -- said of the motion of a revolving object looked at from a given direction.
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   (Zool.) Having the whorls rising from left to right; dextral; -- said of spiral shells. See Illust. of Scalaria.
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   Right-handed screw, a screw, the threads of which, like those of a common wood screw, wind spirally in such a direction that the screw advances away from the observer when turned with a right-handed movement in a fixed nut.
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