myötäpäivään

Myötäpäivään is a Finnish adverb meaning in the clockwise direction or toward the direction of the clock’s hands. It is used to describe rotation or movement that follows the same direction as a traditional analog clock. The term can function as an illative form (myötäpäivään) when indicating movement toward that direction, and it has a corresponding noun form, myötäpäivä, referring to the clockwise direction itself.

In usage, myötäpäivään is common in mathematics, physics, engineering, and everyday language to describe turning or rotating actions. Examples include turning a screw or a wheel clockwise: Kierrä mutteri myötäpäivään. In instructional contexts, one might say Käänny myötäpäivään, or Kiertä ympäri myötäpäivään. It is also used when describing the motion of clock hands, as in Kellon osoittama suunta on myötäpäivään.

Relation to other terms: myötäpäivään is contrasted with vastapäivään, which means counterclockwise or anticlockwise. The pair is frequently encountered in diagrams, assembly notes, and directions where precise rotational orientation matters. The English equivalent is clockwise, or “in a clockwise direction.”

Notes: The word is etymologically a compound of myötä and päivä, a standard Finnish construction for indicating directional movement around a clock face or circular path. It appears in formal and informal Finnish and is readily understood in contexts involving rotation, gearing, navigation, and time-related descriptions.