Clockwise can refer to:
Clockwise direction
Clockwise (film)
Clockwise, a puzzle game for the Amiga CD32 games console.
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A clockwise motion is one that proceeds 'like the clock's hands': from the top to the right, then down and then to the left, and back to the top. In a mathematical sense, a circle defined parametrically by the equations x = r sin t and y = r cos t, where r is the radius of the circle, is traced clockwise as t increases in value. The opposite sense of rota ...
Clockwise is a 1986 British comedy film starring John Cleese. It was directed by Christopher Morahan, written by Michael Frayn and produced by Michael Codron. The film was co-produced by Moment Films and Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment.
The film centres on the successful but obsessive headmaster of a comprehensive school Brian Stimpson played by Cleese. His school runs 'like clockwork'. On the way to a headmasters' conference at which he is a speaker many misfortunes befall him and his ordered world begins to unwind. A Mo ...
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Wisteria is a genus of about ten species of woody climbing vines native to eastern North America (United States) and east Asia (China, Korea, Japan). The vines climb by twining their entire stems either clockwise (As in Wisteria floribunda) or counter-clockwise (Wisteria sinensis) round any available support. They can climb as high as 20m above grou ...
CW may stand for:
Cω, a programming language (in situations where the Greek letter ω "omega" cannot be properly rendered)
Cable and Wireless, a British telecommunications company
Canada West, an obsolete designation for the western part of Canada
ClarisWorks, the office applications suite now known as AppleWorks
Clockwise
CodeWarrior, the integrated development environment by Metrowerks
Cold War
Computerworld, an Information technology (IT) magazine
Boxing the compass is the action of naming all thirty-two principal points of the compass in clockwise order.
Boxing the compass - Compass points.
See also.
Cardinal directions
Ordinal directions
Compass rose
North by Northwest
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A counterweight is a weight that balances a load. They are often used in traction lifts (elevators), cranes, and funfair rides.
If the counterweight were not there, the load would tend to tip the crane forwards [clockwise]. The counterweight, which is usually made of a dense material such as concrete or lead, provides an anticlockwise moment that balances the load on the crane.
What's more: When the load is lifted, the counterweig ...
Altai Krai (Russian: Алта́йский край) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai) in the Siberian Federal District. It borders with, clockwise from the south, Kazakhstan, Novosibirsk and Kemerovo Oblasts and the Altai Republic. The krai's administrative center is the city of Barnaul.
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The comarca (county) of Bages lies in the center of Catalonia. It includes two subcomarques, el Moianès and el Lluçanès.
Industries include the mining of potash at Súria and Sallent, and the manufacture of textiles along the rivers Llobregat and Cardener. Agriculture includes vineyards, cereals, and olive groves.
To the north are Berguedà and (running clockwise) Osona, Vallès Oriental and Vallès Occidental. To the south a ...
kinhin 經行 (jap.: "kinhin" or "kyōgyō", chin.: jingxing) walking meditation is practiced between long periods of zazen.
Practitioners walk clockwise around a room while holding their hands in shashu (left fist closed, while the right hand grasps the left fist). During walking meditation each step is taken after each full breath. The word kinhin means 'to go straight'. The beginning of kinhin is announced by ringing the bell twice (kinhinsho). The end of kinhin is announced ...
A carousel is an amusement flat ride consisting of a rotating platform with seats for passengers. The "seats" are traditionally in the form of wooden horses or animals, which are moved mechanically up and down to simulate galloping. This leads to the machine's alternative name, the galloper. Other popular names are merry-go-round, roundabout and flying horses. It should be noted that, in America, the term carousel applies only to platforms that rotate counter-clockwise and sport only h ...
A cowlick is a swirl of unruly hair that doesn't comb down properly. It is usually combed over to avoid showing baldness. Alfalfa of Our Gang (later The Little Rascals), Martin Short's Ed Grimley character, and Jim Carrey's Ace Ventura character may have the most famous pop-culture cowlicks known.
Cowlicks are caused when hair follicles on the scalp grow in a spiral pattern, usually clockwise. The most common cowlick position is at the back right corner of the head (like Dennis the Menace), but they can a ...
The city of Paris is divided into 20 arrondissements municipaux (“municipal boroughs,” approximately, in English), more simply referred to as arrondissements (pronounced /aʁõdismɑ̃/). These are not to be confused with departmental arrondissements, which subdivide the 100 French départments.
Arrondissements of Paris - Description.
The 20 arrondissements are arranged in the form of a clockwise spiral, starting with the 1st in ...
Azimuth is the horizontal component of a direction (compass direction), measured around the horizon usually from North toward the East, i.e. clockwise and is usually measured in degrees. It may less commonly be measured from the South point. Azimuth is often, some consider incorrectly, referred to as a bearing.
In the horizontal coordinate system (also used in celestial navigation and satellite dish installation) azimuth is one of the two coordinates. The other is altitude (sometimes called elevation above the horizon). See also: sat finder.
In aviation, azimuth is used to determ ...
Bernkastel-Wittlich is a district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Daun, Cochem-Zell, Rhein-Hunsrück, Birkenfeld, Trier-Saarburg and Bitburg-Prüm.
Bernkastel-Wittlich - History.
The district was established in 1969 by merging the former districts of Bernkastel and Wittlich.
Bernkastel-Wittlich - Geography.
The district is situated on both banks of the Moselle River, which crosses the territory from southw ...
Chumphon (Thai ชุมพร) is one of the southern provinces (changwat) of Thailand, at the shore of the Gulf of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are (from north clockwise) Prachuap Khiri Khan, Surat Thani and Ranong. To the west it also borders Myanmar.
Chumphon Province - Geography.
Chumphon is located on the Isthmus of Kra, the narrow landbridge connecting the Malay Peninsula with the mainland of Thailand. To the west are the hills of the Phuket mountain range and its northern continuation, the ...
Cipher runes are the cryptographical replacement of the letters of the runic alphabet. Several schemes have been in use.
The tent runes are based on strokes added to the four arms of an X shape: Each X represents two runes and is read clockwise, the strokes on the first arm representing the aett (row of eight runes), the strokes on the second arm the number within that aett.
The branch runes are similar, the strokes being attached to a vertical stem and branching upwards. Strokes on the left indicate the aett, a ...
Altenkirchen is a district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the North Rhine-Westphalian districts Rhein-Sieg, Oberbergischer Kreis, Olpe and Siegen-Wittgenstein, and the districts of Westerwaldkreis and Neuwied.
Altenkirchen district - History.
The history of the district is linked with the Westerwald region.
The district was established in 1816 by the Prussian administration. It combined the earldom of Wildenburg and the two earldoms of Sayn. The form ...
Amnat Charoen (Thai อำนาจเจริญ) is one of the north-eastern provinces (changwat) of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are (clockwise from the south) Ubon Ratchathani, Yasothon and Mukdahan. To the east it borders Laos.
Amnat Charoen Province - Geography.
The province is located in the Mekong valley. The other two rivers in the province are the Lam Sae Bok and Lam Sae Bai.
Amnat Charoen Province - History.
Amnat Charoen gained city status during th ...
