anticlockwise
See also: anti-clockwise
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌæn.tiˈklɒk.waɪz/
- (US) enPR: ăn'tēkläkʹwīz, ăn'tīkläkʹwīz, IPA(key): /ˌæn.tɪˈklɑkˌwaɪz/, /ˌæn.tiˈklɑkˌwaɪz/, /ˌænˌtaɪˈklɑkˌwaɪz/
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- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˌæn.tiˈklɔk.wɑɪz/
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Adjective
anticlockwise (not comparable)
- (South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Britain, Ireland, Hong Kong, Singapore, Canada, 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
Translations
in the opposite direction to the hands of an analogue clock
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Adverb
anticlockwise (not comparable)
- (Australia, New Zealand, Britain, Ireland) 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
Translations
in the opposite direction to the hands of an analogue clock
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