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contraclockwise

Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock; counterclockwise. Opposite of clockwise.

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  • adverb counterclockwise
  • adjective counterclockwise

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock

Etymologies

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contra- +‎ clockwise

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Examples

  • A group of eight or ten men formed, as is shown in Pl. CXXXI, and danced contraclockwise around and around the small circle.

    The Bontoc Igorot Albert Ernest Jenks 1911

  • The Bontoc Igorot dances in a circle, and he follows the circle contraclockwise.

    The Bontoc Igorot Albert Ernest Jenks 1911

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