anticlockwise

• Adjetivo usado en inglés británico para describir una dirección de movimiento contraria al sentido de las agujas del reloj.

An adjective used in British English to describe a direction of movement that is opposite to the direction of the hands of a clock.

1. Direction opposite to clock handsB1formalbritish

   Moving or turning in the opposite direction to the rotation of a clock's hands.

   En sentido antihorario

   • Turn the knob anticlockwise to open the valve.
   • The dancers moved anticlockwise around the circle.
   • The screw must be rotated anticlockwise to loosen it.

   Sinónimoscontraclockwisecounterclockwise

   Antónimosclockwise

• Adverbio que indica un movimiento o giro en dirección contraria a las manecillas del reloj. Es el equivalente británico del término estadounidense «counterclockwise».

An adverb meaning "in the opposite direction to the movement of the hands of a clock." It is the British English equivalent of the American English term 'counterclockwise.'

1. Direction opposite to clock handsB1formalbritish

   Moving or rotating in the opposite direction to the movement of the hands of a clock.

   En sentido antihorario

   • Turn the knob anticlockwise to open the valve.
   • The dancers moved anticlockwise around the circle.
   • To loosen the screw, rotate it anticlockwise.

   Sinónimoscontraclockwisecounterclockwise

   Antónimosclockwise