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Counterturn

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Coun´ter`turn`    (~t rn`)
n.1.The critical moment in a play, when, contrary to expectation, the action is embroiled in new difficulties.


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The strophe consisted of a turn, the antistrophe a counterturn, with matching rhythms and metres.
Terpsichore and the architects: 'I have a deep sense of my body's ... by Goldhill, Simon / The Architectural Review
When Jonson chose to organize his Cary/Morison Ode with the same structure, he translated the Greek terms suggestively as "The Turn," "The Counterturn," and "The Stand.
Labyrinth dances in the French and English Renaissance by Greene, Thomas M. / Renaissance Quarterly
In punishing their soon-to-be arena roommates for the second straight night, the Lakers continued a steady counterturn out of the three-game tailspin that got coach Del Harris fired two days earlier.
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