We can see that both a half turn in either the counterclockwise or the clockwise direction result in the car facing in the opposite direction to which it started. We will now look at a half turn clockwise. We can see that a quarter turn clockwise leaves the car facing in the opposite direction to a quarter turn anticlockwise. The car originally is facing forwards and so, the counterclockwise rotation begins by turning to the left. The car finishes facing to the right because it started facing forwards. We will now compare quarter turns in both the clockwise and counterclockwise directions. We can see that the car has rotated through the whole circle area.
#Clockwise meaning full#
Once the car is facing back to where it started, we say it has made a full turn clockwise. The car is in line with the third of the quarter turn lines that it comes to. It has made a three-quarter turn clockwise. It has made half a turn clockwise.Īs the car continues to rotate clockwise, it is facing left. The front of the car begins by rotating to the right.Īs the front of the car faces right, it has made a quarter turn clockwise.Īs the front of the car faces downwards, it is in the opposite direction to the direction it started in. The car is making a clockwise turn and so, the front of the car rotates in the same direction a the hands on a clock. Quarter, Half, Three-Quarter and Full Turns in Clockwise and Anti-Clockwise DirectionsĬlockwise and anticlockwise turns are often taught in schools after students have mastered quarter, half, three-quarter and full turns.īelow is an animation of a car turning in the clockwise direction.Įach of the lines shown in the background divide the circle into quarters. If the front of an object is facing upwards (or forwards), then an anti-clockwise (or counterclockwise) turn starts by rotating to the left.
The opposite direction to clockwise is called anti-clockwise (in English) or counterclockwise (in American English).Īn anti-clockwise turn is a turn in the opposite direction to the movement of the hands on a clock.
If the front of an object is facing upwards (or forwards), then a clockwise turn starts by rotating to the right. This direction is called clockwise, or CW for short.Ī clockwise turn is a turn in the same direction as the movement of the hands on a clock. The hands on a clock always rotate in the same direction as they move around the clock.
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