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Example sentences for "clockwise"

Lexicographically close words:
clocked; clockmaker; clockmakers; clockmaking; clocks; clockwork; clod; cloddy; clodhopper; clods
  1. Turn wheel adjusting screws clockwise (to right) to move wheel and sprocket backward.

  2. He therefore gave the Wife of Bath a number and directed her to count round and round the circle, in a clockwise direction, and the person on whom that number fell was immediately to step out of the ring.

  3. This trigger will therefore release the left pawl D, which will engage with the ratchet wheel and will consequently turn it clockwise until the rocker arm reaches its right hand limit.

  4. The pawl is thus raised just before it reaches the limit of its clockwise travel sufficient to be locked by its trigger.

  5. The Gū´ksū ran rapidly in and passed in a contra-clockwise direction four times around the fire.

  6. The pole was then carried, at the top speed of the runners, four times around in a contra-clockwise direction, the pivotal point being the hole in which the pole was to rest, and over which its base was held.

  7. A, a compass needle, moved about the conductor in the path indicated by the dotted line, will always assume such a position that the north pole points around the conductor in a clockwise direction as you look down on the cardboard.

  8. Since the flow of the air moves clockwise around a high pressure area and counterclockwise around a low pressure area, the birds are directed away from the "high" and toward the center of the "low.

  9. Since the winds move clockwise around a "high," this gives a general northwesterly trajectory to the air currents in the vicinity of the Yucatan Peninsula.

  10. The clockwise circulation of warm air around an area of high pressure provides, on its western edge, tail winds which are apparently favorable to northward migration.

  11. The northernmost marginal locality is listed first and the rest follow in clockwise order.

  12. The subspecies in the following accounts are listed in order from the southwestern end of the chain clockwise back to the zone of overlap.

  13. In figure 149, anti-clockwise torsion is recorded as an up-curve; clockwise rotation is recorded as a down-curve.

  14. I have shown that the torsion, clockwise or anti-clockwise, is determined by the direction of incident stimulus.

  15. It will thus be seen that the torsion, anti-clockwise or clockwise, depends on two factors, namely the direction of stimulus, and the differential excitability of the organ.

  16. Stimulus applied at the left flank induced left-handed or anti-clockwise torsion; application at the right flank gave rise to right-handed torsion.

  17. Clockwise rotation is obtained by interchanging the leads to the compensating brushes and slightly shifting the brush holder yoke.

  18. These poles are attracted by unlike poles of the field magnets, which tend to turn the motor armature in a counter-clockwise direction.

  19. The poles are numbered from 1 to 4 in a clockwise direction.

  20. There are 18 groups, and the sequence of phases is ABC in a counter clockwise direction.

  21. Illustration] Loosen distributor clamp screw "B" and turn distributor clockwise to the full limit permitted by the slot in the clamping plate "C.

  22. All these azimuth angles are read in a clockwise direction from zero at the south.

  23. It is a horizontal angle measured from zero degrees at the south in a clockwise direction.

  24. Screws went into wood, bolts went into threaded holes and nuts all went onto bolts when you turned them with a clockwise motion.

  25. But the engine bolt did not work that way--it had to be turned clockwise to remove it.

  26. Each of these latter bevels actuates the shaft through a ratchet; but while one turns the shaft when rotating in a clockwise direction only, the other engages it when making an anti-clockwise revolution.

  27. If the wire is wound in a clockwise direction, the S.

  28. The escape-wheel revolves in a clockwise direction.

  29. If F is turned in a clockwise direction it lifts A and prevents it biting the teeth of C, and no strain is thrown on C.

  30. If steam be now admitted, the piston will be pushed towards the left, and the engine will continue to run in an anti-clockwise direction.

  31. The armature is revolving in a clockwise direction, and y z, therefore, is moving downwards.

  32. To wind the watch, M is turned so as to give F an anti-clockwise motion.

  33. As it is forced forwards, b is revolved in a clockwise direction, winding up the hairspring.

  34. To propel the cycle the chain-ring is turned in a clockwise direction.

  35. For the sake of convenience we will first assume that instead of B running round C, B is revolved on its axis for one complete revolution in a clockwise direction, and that A and C move as in Fig.

  36. When the driver wishes to start the engine he presses the handle towards the right, brings the clutches together, and turns the handle in a clockwise direction.

  37. Clockwise rotation of the knob increases the volume, counterclockwise rotation diminishes the volume.

  38. Press one lever of C R so that the current will pass around the coil for an instant in a clockwise direction; that is, so that it will enter the coil at O E.

  39. When you face the right-hand end of the coil the current is seen to pass around it in an anti-clockwise direction; this produces a N pole.

  40. The left-hand end is a S pole because the current passes around it in a clockwise direction.

  41. When the current goes from you, the lines of force pass around the wire in a clockwise direction, and when the current comes toward you they pass around it in an anti-clockwise direction.

  42. The ends are so arranged that when the current enters at L it will pass around the coil in a clockwise direction.

  43. Turn the station selector knob to the right (clockwise) until it stops--then turn the knob counter-clockwise until it stops.

  44. To turn on this type of control turn the knob clockwise until the switch clicks and the dial is illuminated.

  45. Starting thus, it is required to get the counters into order so that they spell the word "Twickenham" in a clockwise direction, leaving the vacant disc in the original position.


  46. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "clockwise" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.