clockwise

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Light can rotate clockwise, known as right-circular polarization, or counter-clockwise, known as left-circular polarization.

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026

The typical group rotation pattern occurs in a clockwise fashion.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 24, 2025

On Day 1, you play it clockwise; on Day 2, counterclockwise.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 26, 2025

Renderings show the ADU and garden, clockwise from left, as well as the exterior, garage and kitchen of Sophie Metzger’s project.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2025

The instructor shut the door and told the drill to those of us remaining: We were to lock elbows and move in two concentric circles around him, one clockwise, the other counterclockwise.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover