different between anticlockwise vs deasil

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

English

Alternative forms

• deasill
• deasiul
• deasoil
• deisheal
• deosil

Etymology

From 1771, from Scottish Gaelic deiseil, deiseal (“southward, sunward; clockwise”) (adjective and adverb), from deas (“right, right-hand; south”), ultimately cognate with Latin dexter; second element unexplained.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dj???l/, /?d?s?l/, /?dis?l/, /?diz?l/

Adverb

deasil (not comparable)

1. Clockwise.

Synonyms

• (clockwise): clockwise, right-handed, sunways

Antonyms

• (clockwise): anticlockwise, counter-clockwise, left-handed, widdershins

Homophones

• diesel

Derived terms

• make the deasil

Translations

Noun

deasil (uncountable)

1. Clockwise motion.

References

• World Wide Words

Anagrams

• aisled, aslide, ideals, ladies, ladies', sailed, sideal