🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

no sentido horário

Pronunciation / Transliteration: nu sẽˈtʃi.du oˈɾa.ɾju

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Clockwise/ˈklɒk.waɪz/
adjectiveadverbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #4500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Gire o parafuso no sentido horário."

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2 senses
As adverb
  1. 1

    Moving in the same direction as the rotating hands of a clock.

    "Turn the screw clockwise to tighten it."
As adjective
  1. 1

    Moving or oriented in the direction corresponding to the clockwise motion of clock hands.

    "The runners completed a clockwise circuit around the track."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Combining the noun 'clock' (derived from Medieval Latin 'clocca', meaning bell) with the suffix '-wise' (from Old English 'wis', meaning manner or direction), this term emerged in the late 16th century. It originated to describe the standard direction of movement exhibited by the hands of a mechanical clock, which mimics the apparent motion of the sun in the Northern Hemisphere.

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