Talk:Clockwise

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"In a mathematical sense, a circle defined parametrically by the equations x = r sin t and y = r cos t, where r is the radius of the circle, is traced clockwise as t increases in value." -- isn't it the other way around? (pun not really intended) --Gutza 19:59, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

No, it is correct. This circle starts on the upper Y-axis and moves right. I find it a bit confusing though, as the usual parameterisation of a circle is x = r cos t, y = r sin t, which goes in the other direction. --Zero 00:41, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

Yes, that tricked me too. I thought there must have been a catch, it couldn't have escaped everybody's attention. Maybe we should post a very short notice drawing attention to this in the article? Thank you for the reply! --Gutza 05:55, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] title of page is incorrect

Title of page should be anti- not counter-clockwise
WE gave you the language use it properly.
do not call me a nutcase im merley speaking th truth.
Words have the letter u in them like coloUr and honoUr and neighboUr.
the title of the pages should be the corect orgin of the word anti not counter.
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 217.205.148.82 (talk • contribs) .

Please sign your comments on talk pages. Also please read WP:MOS#National varieties of English. Any regional variant of English is acceptable as long as the article is internally consistent. It is not consistent for the title of the article to contain "counterclockwise" but the text to use the term "anti-clockwise". In any event you should not have altered the choice of words of the first major contributor. Therefore I am changing back to "counterclockwise". --Mathew5000 13:40, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Unsigned Poster, whilst I agree that 'anti-clockwise' is better than 'counter-clockwise', I however disagree with you on the basis of your reasoning. Perhaps, next time, you would not butcher the language and instead insert some punctuation, grammar, spelling and the like so that your comments are not mocked as I am doing now. Thank you, --Colourblind 03:10, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Both right, thats why it's on CLOCKWISE! I use the language properly, you're being an annoying freak. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lunakeet (talk • contribs) 17:07, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Move to Clockwise

Any reason that we shouldn't just call this "Clockwise"? We should still use "counterclockwise" as the main word within the article, but it would fix some of the dialectal arguments and it is a more standard name. violet/riga (t) 13:48, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

I wholey agree this woudl resolves the above discussion will move in seven days if no comments or objecys are posted.--Lucy-marie 18:58, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] On Counter Vs. Anti

Perhaps there should be a section explaining the Etymology of the word and the diferent usages in different countries, similar to the section in Aluminium. 194.82.121.38 20:16, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Usage

What's with the odd reference citation for the common mnemonic? And why does it even need a citation? Furthermore, the two sentences following are redundant given the previous discussion of plane face selection which is generally obvious/de facto with a bolt or screw as generally one end has an accessible fastener. I'm not so sure the right-hand rule is "simple", nor is the procedure describe dparticularly helpful as you must "know" the handedness of the threads (no mention of the the general right-handedness of screws). The next "paragraph" sort of covers this last point, only it then switches back to "clockwise" without any solid linkage between handedness and -wise being established; it's made in a (doubly) parathentical clause in the "Etymology" section. --Belg4mit 19:09, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] In humans

This section is nearly useless without discussion of how right-handed folks behave for comparison; presumably the opposite. Also, perhaps the bit about supination belongs here?

[edit] abbreviations

Search for "CW" and you at least get to the disambiguation page; type "CCW" and it brings you straight here.. but there's no reference to this commonly-used abbreviation in the article. I was linking the image editing use of the term where (in image orientation or image rotation) it's in regular use. I'd be inlined to put it in the lead para here, as it warrants only a brief mention. Any objections? mikaultalk 14:40, 2 July 2007 (UTC)