different between anticlockwise vs levorotation

English

Etymology

anti- +? clockwise

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ænti?kl?k.wa?z/
• (US) enPR: ?n't?kläk?w?z, ?n't?kläk?w?z, IPA^(key): /?ænti?kl?kwa?z/, /?ænta??kl?kwa?z/

Adjective

anticlockwise (not comparable)

1. (South Africa, AU, New Zealand, Britain, of movement) in a circular fashion so as to be moving to the left at the top of the circle and to the right at the bottom (when viewed from the front), in the opposite direction to the way the hands of an analogue clock move.

Synonyms

• counterclockwise (US) / counter-clockwise (US), laevorotatory (chemistry, UK) / levorotatory (chemistry, US), positive (geometry)

Antonyms

• clockwise

Translations

Adverb

anticlockwise (not comparable)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, Britain) In an anticlockwise fashion.

Synonyms

• counterclockwise (US) / counter-clockwise (US), widdershins / withershins (particularly on a sundial)
• in a counterclockwise direction (US), in an anticlockwise direction (UK, South Africa, AU, NZ)

Antonyms

• clockwise

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• laevorotation
• lævorotation

Etymology

From levo- +? rotation

Noun

levorotation (plural levorotations)

1. Rotation in an anticlockwise direction, especially such rotation of the plane of polarized light.

Synonyms

• levogyration

Related terms

• levorotatory