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counterclockwise

kown ter klaw kwahyz

  • a  in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock
  • r  in a direction opposite to the direction in which the hands of a clock move
    please move counterclockwise in a circle!

  • The emblem spins: clockwise to absorb energy, counterclockwise to emit it.
  • I am about to perform one of the most significant duties of a Muslim: to circumambulate the Kaaba seven times, counterclockwise, after proclaiming, "Bismillah!.
  • When scientists struggle to explain the weird implications of quantum mechanics, in which electrons can spin simultaneously clockwise and counterclockwise or dart here and there at .

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