anticlockwise

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Turn the rotating knob clockwise or anticlockwise, depending on what you want to set: winter or summer time.

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  1. adverb Counterclockwise.

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  • Once the first beam is in - probably the one running clockwise, though that has yet to be decided - the team will insert the second, anticlockwise stream of particles. —  CRUSADER RABBIT
  • Twitter Tweets about Wood as of February 06, 2009 m25updates: MEDIUM M25 Hertfordshire - Queueing traffic anticlockwise between J20, Kings Langley and J18, Chorley gumtreeflatLDN: Don't miss ou t on this lovely room seconds from St John's —  Donovan's BLOG - your home source for teak
  • My money is on them attempting to send the beam anticlockwise first, though it makes no difference. —  Blogposts | guardian.co.uk
  • Once the clockwise beam was circulating, the anticlockwise stream with which it will ultimately collide was inserted in the afternoon, completing its own tour of duty soon after —  Top Stories - Google News
  • By 2pm UK time, the scientists had sent a beam of protons around the machine in the opposite, anticlockwise direction to the first beam. —  Top Stories - Google News
 

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