anticlockwise
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
[edit] Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /ˌæntiˈklɒk.waɪz/, SAMPA: /%{nti."klQk.wAIz/
- (US) enPR: ăn'tēkläkʹwīz, ăn'tīkläkʹwīz, IPA: /ˌæntiˈklɑkwaɪz/, /ˌæntaɪˈklɑkwaɪz/, SAMPA: /%{nti"klAkwaIz/, /%{ntaI"klAkwaIz/
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[edit] Adjective
anticlockwise (not comparable)
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- (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, in the opposite direction to the way the hands of an analogue clock move.
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- counterclockwise (US) / counter-clockwise (US), laevorotatory (chemistry, UK) / levorotatory (chemistry, US), positive (geometry)
[edit] Antonyms
[edit] Translations
in the opposite direction to the hands of an analogue clock
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[edit] Adverb
anticlockwise (not comparable)
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Superlative |
- (British) In an anticlockwise fashion.
[edit] Synonyms
- counterclockwise (US) / counter-clockwise (US), widdershins / withershins (particularly on a sundial)
[edit] Antonyms
[edit] Translations
in the opposite direction to the hands of an analogue clock
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