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counterrotating

counterrotating is the present participle and gerund of counterrotate.

Meaning of counterrotate

Verb

counterrotate (third-person singular simple present counterrotates, present participle counterrotating, simple past and past participle counterrotated)

  1. To rotate in the opposite direction.

Adjective

counterrotating (not comparable)

  1. That rotates in a direction opposite to that of another.
    • Contrarotating propellers are two propellers rotating in opposite directions about the same shaft axis and usually driven by the same engine. Do not confuse them with counterrotating propellers which are propellers rotating in opposite directions, but on different shaft axes.

Forms of counterrotating

alternative formcounter-rotating

Questions about counterrotating

What does counterrotating mean?
Counterrotating means that rotates in a direction opposite to that of another.
What is counterrotating the present participle and gerund of?
Counterrotating is the present participle and gerund of counterrotate.
What part of speech is counterrotating?
Counterrotating is an adjective.

Words near counterrotating in the dictionary

  1. counterriposte
  2. counterripostes
  3. counterrotate
  4. counterrotated
  5. counterrotates
  6. counterrotating
  7. counterrotation
  8. counterrotations
  9. counterround
  10. counterrounds
  11. counters

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Adapted from Wiktionary: counterrotating (page history and authors); counterrotate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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