| ADVERB | all | counterclockwise, anticlockwise | in a direction opposite to the direction in which the hands of a clock move |
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| ADJECTIVE | all | counterclockwise, anticlockwise, contraclockwise | in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock |
| Sounds | kaw.nerklao'kwayz; kaw.nterklao'kwayz | |
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| Rhymes | actualize ... womanize: 266 rhymes with ayz... | |
| Meaning | In the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock. | |
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| Synonyms | anticlockwise, contraclockwise | |
| Narrower | levorotary, levorotatory, left-handed | Rotating to the left |
| See also | sinistral | Of or on the left |
| Opposite | clockwise | In the same direction as the rotating hands of a clock |
| Catalan | nolex | |
| Adverbs | counterclockwise | in a direction opposite to the direction in which the hands of a clock move |
| Meaning | In a direction opposite to the direction in which the hands of a clock move. | |
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| Example | "please move counterclockwise in a circle!" | |
| Synonym | anticlockwise | |
| Opposite | clockwise | In the direction that the hands of a clock move |
| Catalan | nolex | |
| Adjectives | counterclockwise | in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock |
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