Definition of Anticlockwise

1. Adjective. In the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock.


2. Adverb. In a direction opposite to the direction in which the hands of a clock move. "Please move counterclockwise in a circle!"
Exact synonyms: Counterclockwise
Antonyms: Clockwise
Partainyms: Counterclockwise

Definition of Anticlockwise

1. Adjective. (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, in the opposite direction to the way the hands of an analogue clock move. ¹

2. Adverb. (AU NZ British) In an anticlockwise fashion. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Anticlockwise

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Anticlockwise

anticlimactic
anticlimactical
anticlimactically
anticlimax
anticlimaxes
anticlimb
anticlinal
anticlinals
anticline
anticlined
anticlines
anticling
anticlinoria
anticlinorium
anticlinoriums
anticlockwise (current term)
anticloning
anticlot
anticlotting
anticlumping
anticlutter
anticly
anticnemion
anticness
anticoagulant
anticoagulant medication
anticoagulant therapy
anticoagulants
anticoagulated
anticoagulation

Literary usage of Anticlockwise

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Applied Mechanics for Beginners by John Duncan (1908)
"anticlockwise moment of W about B= Wx8 = 2x8 = 16 ton-foot units. Q has no moment about B, as its line of action passes through B, and therefore the ..."

2. Planetary Diagrams For Roman Astronomy In Medieval Europe, CA. 800-1500 by Bruce Eastwood, Gerd Grasshoff (2004)
"ABE A rotates daily in a clockwise direction. MONE! rotates with the planetary orbital speed—once a year in the case of the Sun—anticlockwise. ..."

3. An Introduction to the Calculus Based on Graphical Methods by George Alexander Gibson (1906)
"As the point moves from C to D the angle of slope decreases numerically and the gradient increases algebraically ; the moving line rotates anticlockwise. ..."

4. Bulletin by United States Weather Bureau, Nebraska Legislative Reference Bureau (1895)
"The normal curve derived as above when wrapped around a center and developed clockwise, since the sun's rotation is anticlockwise, is shown on Uhart 23. ..."

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