counterclockwisely

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counterclockwisely

adv

Etymology From counterclockwise + -ly.

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Nonstandard, Rare Counterclockwise.

  • By rotating 90 degrees counterclockwisely, each Type II configuration becomes a Type I configuration.1993, Siu-Wing Cheng et al., "Optimal Rectilinear Steiner Tree for Extremal Point Sets", in K. W. Ng et al. (eds.), Algorithms and Computation: 4th International Symposium, ISAAC '93, Springer-Verlag, page 531
  • Hence when z goes along the real axis from −∞ to ∞, Z goes along the unit circle n times counterclockwisely.1996, Hiroki Tanabe, Functional Analytic Methods for Partial Differential Equations, Marcel Dekker, Inc., page 219:
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  • Every significant gravitational mass in this system moves around our counterclockwisely rotating star in the counterclockwise direction likewise!2001 October 4, "sheep defender" (username), "Re: The Sun, all i can say is WOW!!, in alt.astronomy.solar, Usenet
Related terms
clockwisely, anticlockwisely

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