anticlockwise

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Pronunciation

/ˌæn.tiˈklɒk.waɪz/(UK)

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/ˌæn.tiˈklɒk.waɪz/(UK) · /ˌæn.tɪˈklɑkˌwaɪz/(US) · /ˌæn.tiˈklɑkˌwaɪz/(US) · /ˌænˌtaɪˈklɑkˌwaɪz/(US) · /ˌæn.tiˈklɔk.wɑɪz/

Definition of anticlockwise

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

(Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, not-comparable)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 hands of an analog clock.

“The bidirectional drift excursion for the beam-column joint is applied in the anticlockwise direction as per the numbering sequence illustrated in Figs. 8a and 8b.”

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adj

(Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, not-comparable)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 hands of an analog clock.

“The bidirectional drift excursion for the beam-column joint is applied in the anticlockwise direction as per the numbering sequence illustrated in Figs. 8a and 8b.”

adv

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From anti- + clockwise.

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