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Clocks are made to rotate that way. The clock face is modeled after the sun dial, a more primitive way to track time throughout the day.
Prior to the invention of mechanical clocks, sundials were used to tell time. In the northern hemisphere, the sun's shadow moves around a sundial in a clockwise arc. Mechanical clock dials emulate this motion. Had clocks and sundials been developed first in the Southern Hemisphere, clocks would go counter-clockwise today. Of course, we would still call that direction clockwise.
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What way is anti clockwise?
Anti clockwise means to the left. clockwise goes to the right. if you get stuck look at a clock. the hand pointing left is anti clockwise. Go to the right it's clockwise.
Which way does a clock turn?
right clockwise!
Why does a clock move in a clockwise direction?
Clocks represent a sundial and the direction they move so we call that clockwise
What is the diff between clock wise and counter clock wise?
Clockwise is the direction the hour, minute, and seconds hands go on a clock. Basically, clockwise is a circle that goes from right to left. Conversely, counterclockwise is a circle that goes from left to right.For example, most screws are inserted right to left. The common oldtime expression to remember this is "righty-tighty". That would be clockwise. To loosen the screw, the oldtime expression is "lefty loosey", meaning, turn the screw counterclockwise to loosen it.
Why does clock moves anti clock wise?
The hands of the clock DO NOT move "anti-clockwise." If you look at the top sweep of the hands of an analog clock (from the numbers 9 to 3), it sweeps an arc from left to right. If you look at the bottom sweep of the hands of an analog clock (from the numbers 3 to 9), it sweeps an arc from right to left. The continuous sweep of the large hand (minute hand) demonstrates a clockwise sweeping motion. The only ways a normal analog clock would appear to be going anti, or counter clockwise is: (1) you are looking at it from a mirror, or (2) you are looking through the back-side of a transparent clock and or wall watching a "counter-clockwise" sweep of the hands
What is clock wise?
Turning something 'clockwise' would be turning it in the direction the hands on a clock turns. 'Counter-clockwise' would be turning it the opposite direction of a clock. I always remember anti-clockwise from clockwise, by which way a clock turns for clockwise, and the opposite way of a clock turning for anti-clockwise.
What way is anti clockwise?
Anti clockwise means to the left. clockwise goes to the right. if you get stuck look at a clock. the hand pointing left is anti clockwise. Go to the right it's clockwise.
What is compound word for clock that begins with clock?
clockwise
Is a oil pan bolt unscrewed counter clock-wise or clock-wise?
counter clockwise to remove.counter clockwise to remove.
What is the meaning of clockwise?
it refers to the way in which things move. clockwise means the direction that the hands on a clock turn. counter clockwise means the opposite way the hands turn on a clock
What is counter clockwise?
Clockwise goes right in a circle, counterclockwise goes left in a circle.
How do you use the word clockwise in a sentence?
The clock turns in a clockwise direction.She did a clockwise spin on the spot.
93 wrangler distributor cap clock wise or counter clockwise?
Clockwise
What is a clockwise turn?
A clockwise turn turns the same way as the hands on a clock.
Does gyres flows in the northern hemisphere clockwise or counter clock?
Counter clock
Which way does a clock turn?
right clockwise!
Does a Chevy 409 distributor rotor rotate clockwise or counterclockwise?
Clockwise.
