[
US
/ˌkaʊnɝˈkɫɔkwaɪz, ˌkaʊntɝˈkɫɔkwaɪz/
]
[ UK /kˈaʊntəklˌɒkwaɪz/ ]
[ UK /kˈaʊntəklˌɒkwaɪz/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock
ADVERB
-
in a direction opposite to the direction in which the hands of a clock move
please move counterclockwise in a circle!
How To Use counterclockwise In A Sentence
- In baccarat the deal goes counterclockwise around the table from player to player.
- Such a division is described as dexiotropic if the clockwise daughter cell (in animal pole view) is the closer to the animal pole; in a laeotropic division the counterclockwise cell is closer to the animal pole. PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
- We went counterclockwise around the island, along the EU-funded autostrada, to the southwest, through traditional mafia country.
- The counterclockwise winds around the vortex often push Arctic air south over the USA.
- It'll take about 5-6 rotations counterclockwise to loosen the screws enough to remove the back panel.
- Mary Patterson expresses concern [IX, 2] that digital timepieces could result in the loss of the terms clockwise and anticlockwise (counterclockwise in the States). VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IX No 3
- It revolved clockwise in some unseen orbit, then counterclockwise, immediately before a loud cracking, like summer thunder, filled the air.
- So I flipped off the wind-shield, and cranked the little valve-control lever around counterclockwise, and then lit the lighter.
- The artist is shown from different perspectives and at various times of day, walking in a circular pattern (first clockwise, then counterclockwise), from sunrise to sunset.
- Where a transverse division places sister cells at the same level of the egg axis, they are usually numbered with reference to the chirality of the previous division: if the mother cell formed by a dexiotropic division, then the clockwise product of this cell's next division is given a superscript 2 and the counterclockwise product a superscript 1. PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
