Direction of Rotation
What is it?
Direction of rotation is the direction that a wheel, pulley, or gear is turning -- left to right or right to left.
Give me an example!
Have you ever watched the hands on a clock face? They have a specific direction of rotation as the hours, minutes, and seconds tick by. This direction of rotation even has its own special name -- clockwise! If the hands on the clock would somehow start rotating in the opposite direction, that direction of rotation would be called counterclockwise.
