anticlockwise UK /ˌæn.tiˈklɒk.waɪz/US /ˌæn.tɪˈklɑkˌwaɪz/adjective 1adverb 1 adjective1 •(UK, Commonwealth) 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.The bidirectional drift excursion for the beam-column joint is applied in the anticlockwise direction as per the numbering sequence illustrated in Figs. 8a and 8b. — 2024 adverb1 •(UK, Commonwealth) In an anticlockwise fashion.
