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anticlockwise

English

Etymology

anti- +? clockwise

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?ænti?kl?k.wa?z/
  • (US) enPR: ?n't?kläk?w?z, ?n't?kläk?w?z, IPA(key): /?ænti?kl?kwa?z/, /?ænta??kl?kwa?z/

Adjective

anticlockwise (not comparable)

  1. (South Africa, AU, New Zealand, Britain, 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.

Synonyms

  • counterclockwise (US) / counter-clockwise (US), laevorotatory (chemistry, UK) / levorotatory (chemistry, US), positive (geometry)

Antonyms

  • clockwise

Translations

Adverb

anticlockwise (not comparable)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, Britain) In an anticlockwise fashion.

Synonyms

  • counterclockwise (US) / counter-clockwise (US), widdershins / withershins (particularly on a sundial)
  • in a counterclockwise direction (US), in an anticlockwise direction (UK, South Africa, AU, NZ)

Antonyms

  • clockwise

Translations

anticlockwise From the web:

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contraclockwise

English

Etymology

contra- +? clockwise

Adverb

contraclockwise (not comparable)

  1. counterclockwise

Adjective

contraclockwise (not comparable)

  1. counterclockwise

contraclockwise From the web:

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  • what is counterclockwise on a ceiling fan
  • what is counterclockwise and clockwise
  • what is counterclockwise 90 degrees
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