Usually means: Rotation opposite to clock's direction.
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  1. contraclockwise: Merriam-Webster
  2. contraclockwise: Collins English Dictionary
  3. contraclockwise: Vocabulary.com
  4. contraclockwise: Wordnik
  5. contraclockwise: Wiktionary
  6. contraclockwise: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. contraclockwise: Dictionary.com
  8. contraclockwise: Rhymezone
  9. contraclockwise: FreeDictionary.org
  10. contraclockwise: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. contraclockwise: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (contraclockwise)

▸ adverb:  counterclockwise
▸ adjective:  counterclockwise

Similar:
counterclockwise, anticlockwise, levorotary, levorotatory, left-handed, counter-clockwise, countersunwise, widdershins, counterclockwisely, anticlockwisely, more...

Opposite:
clockwise, clockwise direction

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Similar:
counterclockwise, anticlockwise, levorotary, levorotatory, left-handed, counter-clockwise, countersunwise, widdershins, counterclockwisely, anticlockwisely, more...

Opposite:
clockwise, clockwise direction



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