Hourly position - the relative location of the object (from the conditional center), described by analogy with the twelve-hour watch dial . To do this, imagine that the dial is standing or lying in front of you, and the 12-hour mark is pointing up or directly from you.
Accordingly, 12 hours means the location is higher or ahead, 3 hours - on the right, 6 hours - below or behind, 9 hours - on the left. The other eight timestamps are intermediate positions.
In firing using such terminology, the position of the hole relative to the center of the target is determined. For example, “eight at 5 o’clock” or “triple at 11 o’clock”. This allows the spotter following the telescope to inform the shooter of the result of the previous shot to make corrections.
In aviation, the watch position refers to the horizontal direction and can be supplemented with words from above or below to describe the vertical direction. So, “6 hours from above” means the position behind and above the horizon, and “12 hours from below” - in front and below the horizon [1] .
In medicine
For the purpose of a unified registration of the topography of pathological changes revealed during sigmoidoscopy and examination of the anus and perineum, it is customary to use the watch dial scheme. Conventionally, the circumference of the anus is divided into zones corresponding to the designation of the dial of the watch projected in the position at which the 12 o'clock position will be located on the scrotal suture or genital fissure, and the 6 o'clock position will be located on the anocoptic line (with the patient’s body position on the back ) In this case, the designation "9 hours" will be on the right of the anus , and "3 hours" - on the left. The line connecting them conditionally passes through the middle of the anus and divides it into the anterior and posterior semicircles.
Use in Artistic Culture
The original title of the film “Vertical Take-Off” ( Eng. Twelve O'Clock High ) stems from this analogy and means “12 hours from the top”.
Notes
- ↑ Mariner, Liz (2007), Cleared for Takeoff: English for Pilots, Book 1 , AE Link Publications, p. 89–90, ISBN 978-0-9795068-0-2