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For a long time, I found the words "clockwise" and "counterclockwise" confusing, because they are so similar to each other, and "counterclockwise" is a relatively long word at 4 syllables, much longer than similarly common words.
At some point in time, I took to calling them "dexter" and "winstar", from the Latin »dexter« and Middle English »winstre«, meaning "right" and "left", respectively. I like these words more than the usual "clockwise", but of course, new words aren't worth much of others don't know them, so this is a PSA that these are words that I use in my vocabulary.
(As an addendum, I have also taken to calling the Danish political party «Venstre» as "Winstar", because despite their name meaning "Left" - which was fitting at the time the party was founded - they are actually part of the right-of-centre coalition)
Is it that intuitive to you that you should name the rotating object's direction using the movement of the top of the object? I think I would get confused with your words after a while. I just use "positive" and "negative" direction.
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Is "positive" equivalent to clockwise (clocks) or counterclockwise (cartesian coordinates)?