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coun⋅ter⋅clock⋅wise

  [koun-ter-klok-wahyz]
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–adjective, adverb
in a direction opposite to that of the normal rotation of the hands of a clock; not clockwise.
Also, contraclockwise; especially British, anticlockwise.

Origin:
1885–90; counter- + clockwise
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Counterclockwise
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coun·ter·clock·wise   (koun'tər-klŏk'wīz')   
adv.   & adj.
In a direction opposite to the rotating hands of a clock.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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