anticlockwise

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See also: anti-clockwise

English

Etymology

From anti- +‎ clockwise.

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anticlockwise (not comparable)

  1. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, 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 hands of an analog clock.

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anticlockwise (not comparable)

  1. (Commonwealth, UK, Ireland) In an anticlockwise fashion.

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