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Discover LudwigThe word 'anticlockwise' is a correct and usable term in written English.
It means to move in a direction opposite to the direction of the hands on a clock, counterclockwise or counterclockwise. Example: "To tighten the lid, turn it anticlockwise."
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anticlockwise
adjective
In a circular fashion so as to be moving to the left at the top of the circle and to the right at the bottom (when viewed from the front), in the opposite direction to the way the hands of an analogue clock move.
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Others adopted a numbering system for the rooms—such as one slanting line for the first room and two for the second, moving clockwise or anticlockwise through the four rooms.
More than 52,000 children were apprehended by United States border agents between October and mid-June.Bolivia altered the clock on its congressional building so that it turns anticlockwise.
He realised that if Opportunity rotated itself 17.5° clockwise to the drive direction and its camera mast then turned anticlockwise by the same amount, its rear view was unimpeded.
A clockwise current, say, might then be used to represent a "one" in the binary code, with an anticlockwise one representing a zero.
This is achieved by fitting each wheel with an electric motor that can rotate either clockwise or anticlockwise, as appropriate.
But, if suitably treated, gaseous 3He can do the trick instead.For MRI to work, the nuclei in the target atoms have to be polarised meaning that more of them have to be spinning clockwise than anticlockwise (or vice versa).
In particular, duck vaginas are often equipped with additional passages that have blind endings, and frequently corkscrew in a clockwise direction, in contradistinction to the anticlockwise thread of a drake's penis.Dr Brennan interprets these anatomical flourishes as anti-insemination mechanisms.
"Walking backwards round Fellows' Quad seemed to be a good idea – anticlockwise, obviously.
Life-changing experiences Tackling the so-called Ring Road is a must: follow the path anticlockwise, taking in the coloured sands and notorious volcanoes of the southern coast before rounding up the east to enjoy fishermen's hamlets and puffin colonies.
We did a vast anticlockwise circuit out of Delhi.
One beam circulates clockwise, the other anticlockwise.
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