Lexic.us

Definition of Clockwise rotation

1. Noun. Rotation to the right.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Clockwise Rotation

Literary usage of Clockwise rotation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Plane Trigonometry with Practical Applications by Leonard Eugene Dickson (1922)
"61 is generated by counter-clockwise rotation from the initial side OI to the terminal ... 60, the negative angle — 40° is generated by clockwise rotation. ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1919)
"This raises the question, How often are dust-whirls, tornadoes, and waterspouts observed with a clockwise rotation? Sir Napier Shaw uses as a frontispiece a ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"clockwise rotation OF AXLES, POSITIVE. DISPLACEMENTS OF PARTICLES UPWARD AND REARWARD, ... These follow each other on like clockwise rotation corresponding ..."

4. An Elementary Treatise on Dynamics: Containing Applications to by Benjamin Williamson, Francis Alexander Tarleton (1889)
"On the other hand, the motion of OQ, in consequence of a counter-clockwise rotation round Oil, is likewise counter-clockwise. Hence, on the whole, ..."

5. ELements of Physics by George Arthur Hoadley (1908)
"Moments producing counter-clockwise rotation are sometimes called positive, and those producing clockwise rotation negative; if this is done, ..."

6. Proceedings and Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada: Déliberations by Royal Society of Canada (1908)
"17 it can be seen that when the pencil of maximum intensity RA is given a clockwise rotation the air path traversed by it will be lessened, and consequently ..."

7. An Introduction to the Theory of Optics by Sir Arthur Schuster (1904)
"A' positive electron performing an anti-clockwise rotation, ie a positive rotation round a line of force, will under these circumstances be acted on by a ..."

8. The Stresses in Framed Structures: Including the Strength of Materials and by Augustus Jay Du Bois (1896)
"A negative moment (clockwise rotation) causes compression, a positive moment (counter clockwise rotation) tension, in the upper chord. ..."

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