(BrE) (AmE counterclockwise) adverb, adjective
in the opposite direction to the movement of the hands of a clock:
Turn the key anticlockwise / in an anticlockwise direction. * an anticlockwise rotation / twist / spiral * Moist air blew counterclockwise around the low pressure area.
OPPCLOCKWISE
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