anticlockwise

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/ˌæntiˈklɒk.waɪz/ English

Definitions

adjective

(South Africa, AU, of movement) in a circular fashion so as to be moving to the left at the top of the circle and to the right at the bottom (when viewed from the front), in the opposite direction to the way the hands of an analogue clock move.

adverb

In an anticlockwise fashion.

Related words

Synonyms

counter-clockwise counterclockwise laevorotatory levorotatory positive widdershins withershins in a counterclockwise direction in an anticlockwise direction contraclockwise left-handed levorotary left leftwards izquierda right-handed anticircular countersun

Antonyms

Associated

clockwise loop hemisphere rotation clocks catchment ave angle torque direction vector axis

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