anticlockwise

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˌæntiˈklɒk.waɪz/
• (America) enPR ăn'tēkläkʹwīz, IPA: /ˌæntiˈklɑkwaɪz/, /ˌæntaɪˈklɑkwaɪz/

Adjective

anticlockwise (not comparable)

1. (South Africa, AU, NZ, British, 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) / levorotatory (chemistry), positive (geometry)

Antonyms

• clockwise

Translations

• French: dans le sens inverse des aiguilles d’une montre, dans le sens antihoraire, antihoraire
• German: im Gegenuhrzeigersinn, gegen den Uhrzeigersinn
• Italian: antiorario
• Portuguese: anti-horário
• Russian: про́тив часово́й стре́лки
• Spanish: antihorario, antihoraria, sinistrorso, levógiro

Adverb

anticlockwise (not comparable)

1. (AU, NZ, British) 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

• French: dans le sens inverse des aiguilles d’une montre, dans le sens contraire des aiguilles d’une montre, dans le sens antihoraire
• German: gegen den Uhrzeigersinn
• Italian: in senso antiorario
• Portuguese: no sentido anti-horário, no sentido contrário aos ponteiros do relógio
• Russian: про́тив часово́й стре́лки
• Spanish: en sentido antihorario, antihorariamente, en sentido contrario a las agujas del reloj

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