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Definition of Anticlockwise
1. Adverb. In a direction opposite to the direction in which the hands of a clock move. "Please move counterclockwise in a circle!"
2. Adjective. In the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock.
Similar to: Left-handed, Levorotary, Levorotatory
Also: Sinistral
Antonyms: Clockwise
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
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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