anticlockwise

• Adjetivo usado no inglês britânico para descrever o sentido de movimento contrário ao dos ponteiros do relógio. No português brasileiro, equivale a anti-horário ou no sentido anti-horário.

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.

   Sentido anti-horário

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

   Sinônimoscontraclockwisecounterclockwise

   Antônimosclockwise

• Advérbio que significa «em direção oposta ao movimento dos ponteiros do relógio». É o equivalente britânico do termo americano «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.

   Sentido anti-horário

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

   Sinônimoscontraclockwisecounterclockwise

   Antônimosclockwise