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Counterclockwise   Listen
adjective
counterclockwise  adj., adv.  In the opposite direction to that in which the hands of a clock rotate, as viewed from in front of the clock face; of rotatory motion or spiral direction. Opposite of clockwise, or right-handed Note: (Narrower terms: sinistral levororotary, levorotatory)
Synonyms: left-handed.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Counterclockwise" Quotes from Famous Books



... December, but are most frequent from August to November Terrain: surface usually covered with sea ice in Labrador Sea, Denmark Strait, and Baltic Sea from October to June; clockwise warm water gyre (broad, circular system of currents) in the north Atlantic, counterclockwise warm water gyre in the south Atlantic; the ocean floor is dominated by the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a rugged north-south centerline for the entire Atlantic basin; maximum depth is 8,605 meters in the Puerto Rico Trench Natural resources: oil and gas fields, fish, marine mammals ...
— The 1992 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.



Words linked to "Counterclockwise" :   contraclockwise, sinistral, levorotatory, counterclockwise rotation, clockwise, anticlockwise



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