Simple Online Photographic Dictionary

Anticlockwise, or counterclockwise is a circular direction around a central point, in the opposite direction to the way the hands on a clock turn. Anticlockwise goes towards the left.

Photo by Alexkerhead

Around is in a circular way. The dog in the picture has a scarf around his neck.

Photo by Aine D

Something is behind you if you cannot see it - your back is facing it rather than your front. The tiger in the picture is behind a tree.

Photo by fPat

You bend something when you change it from being straight into a curve. Someone has bent the metal bar in the picture.

Photo by Elsie esq

Two things are beside each other if they are next to each other, facing the same direction. The two women on the bench are sitting beside each other, or side by side.

Photo by Ed Yourdon

Something is between if it is in the space in the middle of two other things. The cat in the picture is eating dinner between two dogs.

Photo by Snuzzy

The bottom of something is the lowest point. The orange horse is at the bottom of the stack of toys.

Photo by Amboo who?

Clockwise is a circular direction around a central point, the same way the hands on a clock turn. Clockwise goes towards the right.

Photo by Aldaron

Corners are where two or more surfaces or lines meet, usually at right angles. A square has four corners, a cube has six, and a circle has none. The frogs are hiding in the corner of their tank.

Photo by Erik Mattheis

Down is a direction. You go down when you go lower. The cat in the picture has just jumped down into a hole. The opposite of down is up.

Photo by Michael Cornelius