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?

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    No matter which direction a ball rolls, part of it moves to the right, and part to the left (either top right and bottom left, or vice versa). If you don’t specify which part of the ball you’re looking at, it could be either top or bottom, so the statement is ambiguous.

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        1 year ago

        No, they are well-defined. There is no missing information in “clockwise”. There is missing information in “right”.

        There is no “top clockwise” or “bottom clockwise”.