different between clockwise vs purpure

English

Etymology

clock +? -wise

Pronunciation

• enPR: kl?k'w?z, IPA^(key): /?kl?kwa?z/

Adverb

clockwise (not comparable)

1. In a curve or twist corresponding to the movement of the hands of a clock.

Synonyms

• CW, dextrorotatory, sunwise, deasil

Antonyms

• ACW, anticlockwise (UK, Australia, New Zealand)
• CCW, counterclockwise, counter-clockwise (US, Canada)
• withershins, widdershins

Translations

Adjective

clockwise (not comparable)

1. Moving clockwise; having rotary motion in the manner of a clock.

   In the southern hemisphere the flow of air around a low-pressure system is clockwise.

Translations

See also

• Clockwise on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Alternative forms

• (heraldry): pu. or purp. (abbreviations)

Etymology

From Old French purpure (“purple”). Doublet of purple.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??pj??/
• IPA^(key): /p??pj??/

Noun

purpure (uncountable)

1. (heraldry) A purple colour on a coat of arms, represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees clockwise.

Translations

Adjective

purpure (not comparable)

1. (heraldry) In blazon, of the colour purple.

Translations

See also

• Appendix:Colors

Spanish

Verb

purpure

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of purpurar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of purpurar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of purpurar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of purpurar.