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counterdirectional

counterdirectional adjective: of or related to the opposite direction.

Adjective

counterdirectional (comparative more counterdirectional, superlative most counterdirectional)

  1. Of or related to the opposite direction.
    • When set in motion the floating frame assumes a definite counterdirectional motion, imparted by the unbalanced forces.1930, Wilhelm Pleines, Riveting in Metal Airplane Construction (Technical Memorandums, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics; 596), page 38
    • There is a close connection between the counterdirectional meaning and the restitutive meaning: a counterdirectional movement leads one back to a place, or rather, many places where one was earlier.2003, Karin Pittner, “Process, eventuality, and wieder/again”, in Ewald Lang, Claudia Maienborn, Cathrine Fabricius-Hansen, editors, Modifying Adjuncts, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 385
    Antonyms:
    codirectional

Antonyms of counterdirectional

Forms of counterdirectional

comparativemore counterdirectional
superlativemost counterdirectional

Questions about counterdirectional

What does counterdirectional mean?
Counterdirectional means of or related to the opposite direction.
What part of speech is counterdirectional?
Counterdirectional is an adjective.

Words near counterdirectional in the dictionary

  1. counterdie
  2. counterdies
  3. counterdifficulties
  4. counterdifficulty
  5. counterdiffusion
  6. counterdirectional
  7. counterdiscipline
  8. counterdisciplines
  9. counterdiscourse
  10. counterdiscourses
  11. counterdiscrimination

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