Counterclockwise

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  counterclockwise \coun"ter*clock"wise\ adj. & adv.
     in the opposite direction to that in which the hands of a
     clock rotate, as viewed from in front of the clock face; --
     of rotatory motion or spiral direction. Opposite of
     {clockwise}, or {right-handed}
  


     Note: [Narrower terms: {sinistral} {levororotary,
           levorotatory}]
  
     Syn: left-handed.
          [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  counterclockwise
       adj : in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a
             clock [syn: {anticlockwise}, {contraclockwise}] [ant: {clockwise}]
       adv : in a direction opposite to the direction in which the hands
             of a clock move; "please move counterclockwise in a
             circle!" [syn: {anticlockwise}] [ant: {clockwise}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  56 Moby Thesaurus words for "counterclockwise":
     a rebours, a reculons, against the grain, anticlockwise, arear,
     around, ass-backwards, astern, away, back, backward, backwards,
     clockwise, earthward, fro, head over heels, heavenward,
     heels over head, hindward, hindwards, homeward, in a circle,
     in a spin, in a whirl, in circles, in reverse, landward, larboard,
     leeward, left, left-hand, left-wing, left-wingish, leftward,
     levorotatory, liberal, near, nigh, port, radical, rearward,
     rearwards, retrad, rightward, round, round about, round and round,
     seaward, sinister, sinistral, sinistrocerebral, sinistrocular,
     sinistrogyrate, sinistrorse, widdershins, windward