anticlockwise
Americanadjective
adverb
Etymology
Origin of anticlockwise
Example Sentences
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Its behaviour is influenced by ion concentration, allowing the same turbine to spin either clockwise or anticlockwise, depending on the concentration of Na+ ions in the solution.
From Science Daily • Oct. 26, 2023
“If the worm rapidly switches between winding clockwise and anticlockwise, you get untangling behavior.”
From Scientific American • Apr. 27, 2023
This occurred if the applied magnetic field was pointed north and then swept upwards or downwards, or directed down while pointing north and rotated anticlockwise.
From The Guardian • Mar. 18, 2019
The yacht Northabout left Bristol, UK, in June and traversed the North Pole in an anticlockwise direction.
From BBC • Sep. 13, 2016
Whirlwinds and wheels: clockwise or anticlockwise, depending on how you look at it.
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
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