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Adjective: contraclockwise  ,kón-tru'klók,wIz
Usage: non-standard
  1. In the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock
    - counterclockwise [N. Amer], anticlockwise [Brit]

See also: laevorotatory [Brit, Cdn], left-handed, levorotary [US], levorotatory [N. Amer], sinistral

Antonym: clockwise

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