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Pronunciation varies by accent · adverb
(US, Canada) In the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise..
The combination unit was traversing a straight section of roadway, on an approximate 4 percent upgrade, when the tractor began to jackknife. As the power unit rotated clockwise, it left the roadway to the right and traveled several feet before the driver corrected the jackknife. The unit was redirected toward the travel lanes, however, before it re-entered the roadway, it rotated counterclockwise, and the driver lost control.
The obliquities of the equators of (134340) Pluto and (134340) Pluto: I Charon to the orbit of their barycenter around the Sun are large enough that the poles they rotate about in a counterclockwise direction are on the south side of the invariable plane.
Use counterclockwise when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Counterclockwise means (US, Canada) In the direction of rotation opposite from clockwise..
Common synonyms include anticlockwise, contraclockwise, left-handed, levorotatory.
Possible antonyms include clockwise.
The combination unit was traversing a straight section of roadway, on an approximate 4 percent upgrade, when the tractor began to jackknife. As the power unit rotated clockwise, it left the roadway to the right and traveled several feet before the driver corrected the jackknife. The unit was redirected toward the travel lanes, however, before it re-entered the roadway, it rotated counterclockwise, and the driver lost control.
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