anticlockwise
- adjective
- /ˌæntiˈklɔkˌwaɪz/
- UK
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en sentido antihorario
- So clockwise it all moves around, anticlockwise it doesn't.
Examples
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Well, clockwise or anticlockwise?
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I end up with a crown with a single line of symmetry, rather than a clockwise/anticlockwise one, but I find they work with almost anything you can find in a varied garden.
Blog text (15) -
The procession moves through the village in an anticlockwise spiral.
Academic text (1994) -
And now this one causes an anti clockwise or counterclockwise rotation of light in an aqueous solution of this.
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Viewed along the C-H axis, with hydrogen into the paper, the priority 1,2,3 is anticlockwise, and D-penicillamine has the S form.
Academic text (1991) -
When a group completes this task, tell them that they are disqualified because they passed the ball clockwise (or anticlockwise).
Academic text (1993) -
So let's say, and in fact, I've actually done that here, that going anticlockwise means a face is going outwards, clockwise means a face is pointing inwards.
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The dancers moved anticlockwise around the stage, creating an enchanting visual display.
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To untangle the wires, you need to twist them anticlockwise and then pull.
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She directed the car to turn anticlockwise at the roundabout to reach her destination.
Synonyms
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3.3
Moving in the opposite direction to the hands of a clock
In the direction opposite the way clock hands move
To move in the opposite direction of a clock's hands
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
anticlockwise = clockwise (transparent) = anti + clock + wise
The meaning is directly compositional: 'anti-' adds opposition to the already transparent base 'clockwise'.
Etymology
Anticlockwise comes from anti- meaning 'opposite' and clock, the same clock you see on the wall, so it means moving the opposite way to a clock's hands. So, to turn something anticlockwise is to turn it the other way from how a clock moves.