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Webster 1913 Edition
Counterturn
Coun′ter-turnˊ
(-t[GREEK]rnˊ)
, Noun.
The critical moment in a play, when, contrary to expectation, the action is embroiled in new difficulties.
Dryden.
Webster 1828 Edition
Counterturn
COUNTERTURN
,Noun.
Definition 2024
counterturn
counterturn
English
Noun
counterturn (plural counterturns)
- A turn in the other direction; one of the turns of a zigzag.
- 2010, Richard Freeman, The Mirror of Yoga
- Every turn, every spiral, every extension eventually has to be tempered by a counterturn, a counterspiral, or a flexion; sometimes strong, sometimes subtle.
- 2010, Richard Freeman, The Mirror of Yoga
- The critical moment in a drama, when, contrary to expectation, the action is embroiled in new difficulties.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?)