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  2. Clockwise - Wikipedia

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    The reason for the clockwise standard for most screws and bolts is that supination of the arm, which is used by a right-handed person to tighten a screw clockwise, is generally stronger than pronation used to loosen. Sometimes the opposite (left-handed, counterclockwise, reverse) sense of threading is used for a special reason.

  3. Rotation matrix - Wikipedia

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    represents a counterclockwise rotation of a vector v by an angle θ, or a rotation of CS by the same angle but in the opposite direction (i.e. clockwise). Alibi and alias transformations are also known as active and passive transformations, respectively.

  4. Widdershins - Wikipedia

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    The anticlockwise or counterclockwise direction. Widdershins (sometimes withershins, widershins or widderschynnes) is a term meaning to go counter-clockwise, anti-clockwise, or lefthandwise, or to walk around an object by always keeping it on the left.

  5. Rotation (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    Rotation can have a sign (as in the sign of an angle): a clockwise rotation is a negative magnitude so a counterclockwise turn has a positive magnitude. A rotation is different from other types of motions: translations , which have no fixed points, and (hyperplane) reflections , each of them having an entire ( n − 1) -dimensional flat of ...

  6. Curve orientation - Wikipedia

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    If the determinant is negative, then the polygon is oriented clockwise. If the determinant is positive, the polygon is oriented counterclockwise. The determinant is non-zero if points A, B, and C are non-collinear. In the above example, with points ordered A, B, C, etc., the determinant is negative, and therefore the polygon is clockwise.

  7. Right-hand rule - Wikipedia

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    When viewed at a position along the positive z-axis, the ¼ turn from the positive x-to the positive y-axis is counter-clockwise. For left-handed coordinates, the above description of the axes is the same, except using the left hand; and the ¼ turn is clockwise. Interchanging the labels of any two axes reverses the handedness.

  8. Which Way Should A Ceiling Fan Turn In The Winter? Experts ...

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    Typically that means clockwise in winter and counterclockwise in summer. Whether the fan’s rotation should be changed in spring or fall is up to individual comfort.

  9. Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Mathematics/2010 September ...

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    1.1 Rotation matrix: counterclockwise vs. clockwise. 3 comments. 1.2 Convert procedure to formula? 5 comments. 1.3 Another number theory problem. 7 comments. 1.4 Name ...