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contraclockwise

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con⋅tra⋅clock⋅wise

  [kon-truh-klok-wahyz]
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–adjective, adverb
counterclockwise.
Origin:
contra-1 + clockwise

coun⋅ter⋅clock⋅wise

  [koun-ter-klok-wahyz]
–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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