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adj
Rising spirally from right to left (of the observer)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
sinistrorse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
spiraling upward from right to left
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: sinistrorse
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Latin sinistrorsus, sinistroversus (“turned toward the left side”), from sinister (“left”) + vertere, vortere, versum, vorsum (“to turn”).
