anticlockwise

See also: anti-clockwise

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Etymology

From anti- +‎ clockwise.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌæn.tiˈklɒk.waɪz/
• (US) enPR: ăn'tēkläkʹwīz, ăn'tīkläkʹwīz, IPA^(key): /ˌæn.tɪˈklɑkˌwaɪz/, /ˌæn.tiˈklɑkˌwaɪz/, /ˌænˌtaɪˈklɑkˌwaɪz/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌæn.tiˈklɔk.wɑɪz/

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Adjective

anticlockwise (not comparable)

1. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, of movement) 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 hands of an analog clock.

Synonyms

• counterclockwise (US) / counter-clockwise (US), laevorotatory (chemistry, UK) / levorotatory (chemistry, US), positive (geometry)

Antonyms

• clockwise

Derived terms

• anticlockwisely

Translations

in the opposite direction to the hands of an analogue clock

Bulgarian: обратен на часовниковата стрелка (obraten na časovnikovata strelka) Catalan: en el sentit antihorari Chinese: Mandarin: 反時針方向的 / 反时针方向的 (fǎn shízhēn fāngxiàng de), 逆時針的 / 逆时针的 (nì shízhēn de), 逆時針 / 逆时针 (zh) (nì shízhēn) Cornish: gorthnaswedhek Danish: mod uret Dutch: tegen de klok in, in tegenwijzerzin, linksom (nl) Esperanto: maldekstruma, livuma Estonian: vastupäeva Finnish: vastapäiväinen (fi) French: dans le sens inverse des aiguilles d’une montre (fr), dans le sens antihoraire (fr), antihoraire (fr) Galician: antihorario Georgian: საათის ისრის საწინააღმდეგო (saatis isris sac̣inaaɣmdego), საათის ისრის საწინააღმდეგო მიმართულებით (saatis isris sac̣inaaɣmdego mimartulebit), საათის ისრის საწინააღმდეგო მიმართულებით მოძრავი (saatis isris sac̣inaaɣmdego mimartulebit moʒravi), საათის ისრის საპირისპირო მიმართულებით მოძრავი (saatis isris saṗirisṗiro mimartulebit moʒravi) German: im Gegenuhrzeigersinn, gegen den Uhrzeigersinn Greek: αριστερόστροφος (el) (aristeróstrofos) Hebrew: נגד כיוון השעון (néged kivún hasha'ón) Hindi: वामावर्त (hi) (vāmāvart) Hungarian: az óramutató járásával ellenkező Ido: inversa-horloja Irish: tuathal Italian: antiorario (it), in senso antorario Japanese: 反時計回り (ja) (hantokeimawari), 左巻き (hidarimaki) Korean: 반시계 방향 (bansigye banghyang) Malay: lawan arah jam Norwegian: Bokmål: mot klokka, mot klokken Nynorsk: mot klokka Polish: przeciwny do ruchu wskazówek zegara, lewoskrętny (pl) Portuguese: anti-horário (pt) Romanian: în sens antiorar Russian: про́тив часово́й стре́лки (prótiv časovój strélki) Scottish Gaelic: tuathal Spanish: antihorario, sinistrorso (botany), levógiro (es), contrario a las manecillas del reloj Swedish: motsols (sv), moturs (sv) Tagalog: balitaknaan Tamil: இடஞ்சுழி (ta) (iṭañcuḻi) Thai: ทวนเข็มนาฬิกา Tibetan: སྐོར་ལོག (skor log, literally “the backwards way around”), ཕྱི་སྐོར (phyi skor, literally “the non-Buddhist way around”), གཡོན་འཁྱིལ (g.yon 'khyil, literally “left-winding”) Turkish: saat yönünün tersinde Welsh: gwrthglocwedd (cy)

Adverb

anticlockwise (not comparable)

1. (Commonwealth, UK, Ireland) In an anticlockwise fashion.

Synonyms

• counterclockwise (US) / counter-clockwise (US), widdershins / withershins (particularly on a sundial)

Antonyms

• clockwise

Translations

in the opposite direction to the hands of an analogue clock

Bulgarian: обратно на часовниковата стрелка (obratno na časovnikovata strelka) Catalan: en sentit antihorari Chinese: Cantonese: 逆時針 / 逆时针 (jik6 si4 zam1) Mandarin: 反時針方向的 / 反时针方向的 (fǎn shízhēn fāngxiàng de), 逆時針的 / 逆时针的 (nì shízhēn de) Czech: proti směru hodinových ručiček Dutch: (please verify) tegen de klok in , linksom (nl) Esperanto: maldekstrume, livume, kontraŭhorloĝdirekte Estonian: vastupäeva Finnish: vastapäivään (fi) French: dans le sens inverse des aiguilles d’une montre, dans le sens contraire des aiguilles d’une montre, dans le sens antihoraire Galician: en sentido antihorario, antihorariamente, en sentido contrario ás agullas do reloxo Georgian: საათის ისრის საწინააღმდეგოდ (saatis isris sac̣inaaɣmdegod), საათის ისრის საწინააღმდეგო მიმართულებით (saatis isris sac̣inaaɣmdego mimartulebit), საათის ისრის საპირისპიროდ (saatis isris saṗirisṗirod) German: im Gegenuhrzeigersinn, gegen den Uhrzeigersinn Greek: αριστερόστροφα (aristeróstrofa), αντίθετα με την φορά των δεικτών του ρολογιού (antítheta me tin forá ton deiktón tou rologioú) Hebrew: נגד כיוון השעון (néged kivún hasha'ón) Hindi: वामावर्त (hi) (vāmāvart) Hungarian: az óramutató járásával ellenkezően Ido: inverse-horloje Italian: in senso antiorario Japanese: 左回り (ja) (ひだりまわり, hidarimawari), (please verify) 反時計回り (ja) (はんとけいまわり, hantokeimawari), (rare) (please verify) 逆時計回り (ぎゃくとけいまわり, gyakutokeimawari) Norman: contre lé solé Norwegian: Bokmål: mot klokken Polish: przeciwnie do ruchu wskazówek zegara, lewoskrętnie Portuguese: no sentido anti-horário, no sentido contrário aos ponteiros do relógio Romanian: în sens antiorar Russian: про́тив часово́й стре́лки (prótiv časovój strélki) Scottish Gaelic: tuathail Serbo-Croatian: супротно од казаљке на сату Spanish: en sentido antihorario, antihorariamente, en sentido contrario a las agujas del reloj, levógiramente, sinistrorsamente (botany), en sentido contrario a las manecillas del reloj, en sentido contrario al reloj Swedish: moturs (sv), motsols (sv) Tibetan: སྐོར་ལོག (skor log, literally “the backwards way around”), སྤྱི་སྐོར (spyi skor, literally “the non-Buddhist way around”), གཡོན་འཁྱིལ (g.yon 'khyil, literally “left-winding”) Turkish: saat yönünün tersinde Ukrainian: проти годинникової стрілки (proty hodynnykovoji strilky) Vietnamese: ngược chiều kim đồng hồ, theo chiều ngược kim đồng hồ Welsh: yn wrthglocwedd, yn groes i'r cloc, o chwith

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Afrikaans: (please verify) antikloksgewys Hindi: (please verify) वामावर्त्त (vāmāvartt), (please verify) प्रति-घटि (prati-ghaṭi) Norwegian: (please verify) mot klokka Slovak: (please verify) proti smeru ručičiek