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Meanings of anticlockwise in English

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

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In the opposite direction of how the hands of an analogue clock move.

Usage of anticlockwise in English
1
And why do wagon wheels seem to turn anticlockwise in old films?
Radio NZ
2
When she did run, which way was it: clockwise or anticlockwise?
The Irish Times
3
One pigeon would turn three times anticlockwise before the pellet dropped.
The Irish Times
4
Took a spoon and stirred his coffee -clockwise twice, anticlockwise three times.
City of lies
5
They turned in either direction, but more frequently to the left, that is, anticlockwise.
The Dancing Mouse: A Study in Animal Behavior
6
So, racing clockwise or anticlockwise has no bearing on them.
News.com.au
7
He led the group going anticlockwise from the door.
The Naked God
8
Start at the top of the exhibition and work your way down in an anticlockwise spiral.
Reuters
9
On Monday this week Voyager rolled 70 degrees anticlockwise as seen from Earth from its normal orientation.
BBC
10
The first goes clockwise, the second anticlockwise.
The Irish Times
11
Both the whirling and the circling occur to the right (clockwise) and to the left (anticlockwise).
The Dancing Mouse: A Study in Animal Behavior
12
Her left bosom she was rotating in a clockwise direction and her right bosom in an anticlockwise direction.
The Complete Short Stories Vol. 1
13
This pattern is reflective of the biomechanical preference for left lead anticlockwise canter, previously only observed in racehorses.
Pubmed
14
I knew the water down there circled anticlockwise after the flush, but at least there's water circling down there.
The Irish Times
15
But the door there leads to my quarters, and we couldn't possibly have approached it from an anticlockwise direction.
The call of kerberos: twilight of kerberos
16
Mr Wooster's 4X4 turned anticlockwise and went a further 15 metres before it stopped.
The Irish Times
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Anticlockwise through the time