Meaning

1 senses
  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, not comparable)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 hands of an analog clock.

    im Gegenuhrzeigersinn, gegen den Uhrzeigersinn

    про́тив часово́й стре́лкиprótiv časovój strélki

    in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock

Examples

7 sentences
  1. Are screws tightened clockwise or anticlockwise?

    ruВинты закручивают по часовой стрелке или против?

    deZieht man eine Schraube im oder gegen den Uhrzeigersinn an?

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  2. You need to screw this bold anticlockwise.

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  3. Do you tighten a screw clockwise or anticlockwise?

    ruВинты закручивают по часовой стрелке или против?

    deZieht man eine Schraube im oder gegen den Uhrzeigersinn an?

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  4. Turn the barrel adjuster anticlockwise to tighten the cable.

    deDen Fasseinsteller gegen den Uhrzeigersinn drehen, um das Kabel anzuziehen.

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  5. How do you tighten a screw, clockwise or anticlockwise?

    deZieht man eine Schraube im oder gegen den Uhrzeigersinn an?

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
in the opposite direction to the hands of an analogue clock:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
in the opposite direction to the hands of an analogue clock:

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

1 related words

See also

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