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Meanings of clockwise and anticlockwise in English

Russian
направление вращения
Portuguese
rotação horária
Catalan
horari
Spanish
sentido antihorario

Possible direction of a circular motion.

        направление вращения
        Usage of clockwise and anticlockwise in English
        1
        We split into two teams, start at opposite ends, top and bottom, then spiral toward the center clockwise and anticlockwise.
        The Burning Dark
        2
        As the string loop is pulled and relaxed, it induces successive rapid winding and unwinding phases with alternate clockwise and anticlockwise spinning of the disc.
        The Irish Times