Anticlockwise is a synonym of levorotatory.
As adjectives the difference between levorotatory and anticlockwise
is that levorotatory is that rotates the plane of polarized light to the left, or anticlockwise while anticlockwise is 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.
As an adverb anticlockwise is
in an anticlockwise fashion.
levorotatory
English
Alternative forms
* laevorotatory
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Adjective
(-)
(chemistry, of an optically active compound or crystal) That rotates the plane of polarized light to the left, or anticlockwise.
Related terms
* levorotation
Antonyms
* dextrorotatory
Synonyms
* (symbol) l-
anticlockwise
English
(Clockwise and counterclockwise)
Adjective
(-)
(AU, NZ, British, 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 (qualifier) / levorotatory (qualifier), positive (geometry)
Antonyms
* clockwise
Adverb
(-)
(AU, NZ, British) In an anticlockwise fashion.
Synonyms
* counterclockwise (US) / counter-clockwise (US), widdershins / withershins (particularly on a sundial)
Antonyms
* clockwise
