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These things are merely conventions; and the historian looking at very old technical works assumes nothing about which way measurements are taken or displayed. Conventions help people understand descriptions and drawings more easily. Nature is not usually concerned with these things and will work fine if all the directions were reversed.

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Angles and radians are measured counterclockwise because of mathematical convention. This convention has been established to provide consistency and uniformity in mathematical calculations and representations. It helps to simplify mathematical concepts and makes it easier to relate angles to other mathematical constructs such as trigonometric functions.

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