• asap@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Here is clockwise. One arrow is going to the right and one to the left.

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      2 months ago

      I tend to agree but you could argue that from a perspective in the center of the rotation you’re turning to the right. Imagine standing in the center of those arrows.

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      2 months ago

      The whole thing is rotating to the right, that’s what clockwise means. Clocks rotate to the right. One arrow is not pointing left, it’s pointing in the direction of rotation, which is to the right.

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          2 months ago

          If you follow that arrow around to the next with your hand, which direction is your hand moving?

          That is indicating clockwise rotation, or a rotation to the right. We’re talking about circles here

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            2 months ago

            If I start at the beginning of the arrow and follow it, it’s moving left.

            If clockwise was the same thing as right, we wouldn’t use that term.