clockwise direction

Summary

clockwise direction is a rotational direction^[1]. It draws 205 Wikipedia views per month (rotational_direction category, ranking #1 of 2).^[2]

Key Facts

• clockwise direction's image is recorded as Clockwise arrow.svg^[3].
• clockwise direction's instance of is recorded as rotational direction^[4].
• clockwise direction's said to be the same as is recorded as outer loop^[5].
• clockwise direction's said to be the same as is recorded as inner loop^[6].
• clockwise direction's said to be the same as is recorded as sunwise^[7].
• clockwise direction's opposite of is recorded as anticlockwise direction^[8].
• clockwise direction's Unicode character is recorded as ↷^[9].
• clockwise direction's Unicode character is recorded as ↻^[10].
• clockwise direction's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/025t98b^[11].
• clockwise direction's facet of is recorded as chirality^[12].
• clockwise direction's schematic is recorded as Clockwise arrow (closer).svg^[13].
• clockwise direction's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 70026782^[14].
• clockwise direction's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C70026782^[15].
• clockwise direction's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as computer-science/clockwise-direction^[16].
• clockwise direction's ScienceDirect topic ID is recorded as engineering/clockwise-direction^[17].

Why It Matters

clockwise direction draws 205 Wikipedia views per month (rotational_direction category, ranking #1 of 2).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[18] It is known by 60 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[19]