anticlockwise direction

Frequency: 6.02.5 per million words

Used to describe the direction of rotation, opposite to the way the hands of a clock move.

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Examples (20)

  • To loosen the screw, turn it in an anticlockwise direction.
  • To loosen the screw, turn it in an anticlockwise direction.
  • In the Northern Hemisphere, hurricanes rotate in an anticlockwise direction.
  • The dancers moved in a large circle, spinning in an anticlockwise direction.
  • The runners must complete three laps of the track in an anticlockwise direction.
  • For the experiment, the centrifuge must rotate in a steady anticlockwise direction.
  • The dial needs to be rotated in an anticlockwise direction until it clicks.
  • He adjusted the telescope lens by twisting it slightly in an anticlockwise direction.
  • Electrons are depicted as moving in an anticlockwise direction around the nucleus in this model.
  • In the Northern Hemisphere, water drains in an anticlockwise direction due to the Coriolis effect.
  • She stirred the mixture in a steady anticlockwise direction.
  • The instructions clearly stated to wind the spring in an anticlockwise direction.
  • Moving in an anticlockwise direction is standard for most athletic track events.
  • The storm system was observed moving in a vast anticlockwise direction on the satellite map.
  • Are you sure you're supposed to turn the key in an anticlockwise direction to unlock it?
  • Please follow the path in an anticlockwise direction around the lake.
  • To begin the dance, everyone takes two steps in an anticlockwise direction.
  • She was struggling because she had been turning the valve in a clockwise, not anticlockwise, direction.
  • Be careful not to force the valve; it only moves in an anticlockwise direction.
  • The planets orbit the sun in a generally anticlockwise direction when viewed from above the Earth's North Pole.