counterclockwise
IPA: kaʊntɝkɫˈɔkwaɪz
adjective
- (US, Canada) Moving or located in the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise.
adverb
- (US, Canada) In the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise.
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Examples of "counterclockwise" in Sentences
- The vines twine counterclockwise.
- The turn to play passes counterclockwise.
- Let the platform be rotating counterclockwise.
- At right, the ring is rotating counterclockwise.
- Play then proceeds clockwise or counterclockwise.
- The game is played in a counterclockwise fashion.
- Exits are numbered in a counterclockwise direction.
- Milemarkers are posted in a counterclockwise fashion.
- It forms a part of the counterclockwise gyre in the Gulf of Alaska.
- But only some of those that go counterclockwise are twirling counterclockwise.