anticlockwise adj : in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock [syn: counterclockwise, contraclockwise] [ant: clockwise] adv : in a direction opposite to the direction in which the hands of a clock move; "please move counterclockwise in a circle!" [syn: counterclockwise] [ant: clockwise]

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A clockwise (typically abbreviated as CW) motion is one that proceeds 'like the clock's hands': from the top to the right, then down and then to the left, and back to the top. In a mathematical sense, a circle defined parametrically in a positive Cartesian plane by the equations x = sin t and y = cos t is traced clockwise as t increases in value. Described another way, continually turning right is clockwise motion, as viewed from above. The opposite sense of rotation or revolution is (in US and Canadian English) counterclockwise (CCW), or (in British English) anticlockwise (ACW).

Before clocks were commonplace, the terms "sunwise" and "deiseil" from the Scottish Gaelic language and from the same root as the Latin "dexter" ("right") were used for clockwise. "Widdershins" or "withershins" (from Middle Low German "weddersinnes", "opposite course") was used for anticlockwise.

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  A GIRL has been treated by paramedics following a crash between a car and a lorry between junctions 5 and 6 of the M25.One lane is closed and there are delays of around one and a half hours on the anticlockwise stretch before junction 5 of the M26.Fire crews sent two pumps at 12.15 and assisted paramedics. There is also congestion to Junction 27 of the M23.     Read more on this news related to 'Anticlockwise'
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• M25 Kent: 10-mile tailbacks after car and lorry smash
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