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Example sentences for "direction opposite"

  • The result is that the armature is caused to revolve, as shown by the dart G, in a direction opposite to the dart in Fig.

  • A screw thread in which the nut must be revolved in a direction opposite to that in which the hands of a watch move, in order that the nut may screw upon the bolt.

  • It is essential that the work revolve in a direction opposite to that of the emery wheel, for the following reasons.

  • So long as I went in a direction opposite to its flow, I had to look through sheet after sheet of the denser waves.

  • When mounted upon the conductor of an electrostatic machine, the vane rotates in a direction opposite that of the points.

  • During the increase or decrease in the strength of the current as on closing or opening the key a current is induced in the secondary circuit in a direction opposite to that of the primary current as indicated by the arrows.

  • As they fall further and further within this part, you will have additional proofs that they are mountains, from the shadows which they cast on the plain, always in a direction opposite to the sun.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "direction opposite" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    agriculture and; considerable portion; dear guardian; dilute hydrochloric; direction contrary; direction from; direction opposite; direction parallel; directions given; during the past year; fallen trees; fine clothes; five hundred; fundamental principles; giving rise; great difficulty; large detachment; materials used; royal treasury; sentry duty; she thinks; slowly said; soft paste; submarine cables; there can; whose land