anticlockwise
- 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
- It takes about one-half to 1 turns anticlockwise to remove the tick's head.
- The course direction is anticlockwise a quirk matched at Formula One events only by Turkey and Brazil and drivers will need to expertly negotiate a total of 23 corners.