Anticlockwise Definition

ăntē-klŏkwīz, ăntī-
adjective
Counterclockwise.
American Heritage

Counterclockwise.

Webster's New World

(Australia, New Zealand, UK, 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.

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adverb
(Australia, New Zealand, UK) In an anticlockwise fashion.
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Origin of Anticlockwise

  • anti- +‎ clock +‎ -wise

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Anticlockwise Sentence Examples

  • Almost like the touch screen was rotated slightly anticlockwise !

  • The Shambles is within the area of an anticlockwise tidal eddy east of the headland.

  • The bulb capsule can be removed by griping the knurling at the edge of the capsule and unscrewing anticlockwise.

  • These include local wave climate; sources of sediment feed and the role of coastline orientation in creating an anticlockwise tidal gyre.

  • The anticlockwise rotation of the galaxy may stretch out the plumes to contribute to the rough rotational symmetry of the DRAGN.

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