Was there an alternative adjective to “clockwise” other than “the rotation you take around left hand”?

Also, how did all watch companies around the world agree on what the direction of “clockwise” is?

  • kuneho@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I don’t have an answer for the original question, but what about just saying rotate right/left?

    I mean, if I imagine a circle rolling on a flat surface, rotating right means the rotation that rolls the circle right (so clockwise rotation), and rotating left would be the opposite; where the circle rolls left.

    • FooBarrington@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      It works, but it’s ambiguous. You have to specify which part you’re referring to if you want to be sure you’re understood.

      • Uncle_Bagel@midwest.social
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        1 year ago

        Honestly the hardest concept for me to grasp in organic chemistry was left vs right chirality. I could understand why they were different, but fuck me if i could ever consistently identify them.