👉 The term "clockwise" refers to a direction in which an object moves around or revolves around its starting point. This is also known as counterclockwise, because it is moving in the opposite direction from the positive direction of rotation. For example, if you were to walk along a straight line, and your right foot moved clockwise, then your left foot would move counter-clockwise. In everyday language, this can be expressed with phrases like "clockwise around" or "counterclock