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counterclockwise | American Dictionary

counterclockwise
adjective, adverb[ not gradable ]
us/ˌkɑʊn·tərˈklɑkˌwɑɪz/
(moving around) in a direction opposite to that of the hands (= long narrow parts that move) of a clock or watch

Examples of counterclockwise

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Suppose the counterclockwise circulating member of the dipole is closer to the wall than the clockwise member.
For the actual obstacle configuration, the robot must circumvent the obstacles in the counterclockwise direction.
In region 11, stable steady convection can exist in either a clockwise or counterclockwise direction.
The right and bottom views are rotated counterclockwise by 90x around y and x, respectively.
The seesaw angle was positive if the seesaw rotated counterclockwise from horizon.
When the grating was rotated ten degrees clockwise or counterclockwise from sagittal, participants' perceptions of the bar's orientation were overestimated in the opposite direction.
It must be pointed out that the clockwise (counterclockwise) rotation is measured by the positive (negative) angle.
The reverse and cyclic values are used to identify the starting node and identify whether the loop has been traversed clockwise or counterclockwise.
During this time a motion bias was imposed that alternated every 5 s between clockwise and counterclockwise rotation of the stimulus pattern.
The change in the direction of flagellar rotation from counterclockwise to clockwise may influence chemotaxis and motility.
The depicted direction of that rotation is counterclockwise.
The angles are assumed positive, counterclockwise about the rotation axis.
We note that when > 0 the wheel is rotating counterclockwise as seen from the beam.
As soon as fixed, different transition probabilities are imposed on clockwise and counterclockwise rotations, handedness results.
Positive vorticity would mean that the induced velocity field would rotate counterclockwise, centred on the plus sign.
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