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CounterpointCounterpoint Coun"ter*point`, n. [OF. contrepoincte,
corruption of earlier counstepointe, countepointe, F.
courtepointe, fr. L. culcita cushion, mattress (see Quilt,
and cf. Cushion) + puncta, fem. p. p. of pungere to prick
(see Point). The word properly meant a stitched quilt, with
the colors broken one into another.]
A coverlet; a cover for a bed, often stitched or broken into
squares; a counterpane. See 1st Counterpane.
Embroidered coverlets or counterpoints of purple silk.
--Sir T.
North. Counterpoint
Counterpoint Coun"ter*point` (koun"t?r-point`), n. [Counter- +
point.]
An opposite point [Obs.] --Sir E. Sandys.
CounterpointCounterpoint Coun"ter*point`, n. [F. contrepoint; cf. It.
contrappunto. Cf. Contrapuntal.] (Mus.)
(a) The setting of note against note in harmony; the adding
of one or more parts to a given canto fermo or melody.
(b) The art of polyphony, or composite melody, i. e., melody
not single, but moving attended by one or more related
melodies.
(c) Music in parts; part writing; harmony; polyphonic music.
See Polyphony.
Counterpoint, an invention equivalent to a new
creation of music. --Whewell. CounterpoiseCounterpoise Coun"ter*poise` (koun"t?r-poiz`; 277), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Counterpoised (-poizd`); p. pr. & vb. n.
Counterpoising.] [OE. countrepesen, counterpeisen, F.
contrepeser. See Counter, adv., and Poise, v. t. ]
1. To act against with equal weight; to equal in weight; to
balance the weight of; to counterbalance.
Weights, counterpoising one another. --Sir K.
Digby.
2. To act against with equal power; to balance.
So many freeholders of English will be able to beard
and counterpoise the rest. --Spenser. CounterpoiseCounterpoise Coun"ter*poise` (koun"t?r-poiz`), n. [OE.
countrepese, OF. contrepois, F. contrepods. See Counter,
adv., and Poise, n.]
1. A weight sufficient to balance another, as in the opposite
scale of a balance; an equal weight.
Fastening that to our exact balance, we put a
metalline counterpoise into the opposite scale.
--Boyle.
2. An equal power or force acting in opposition; a force
sufficient to balance another force.
The second nobles are a counterpoise to the higher
nobility, that they grow not too potent. --Bacon.
3. The relation of two weights or forces which balance each
other; equilibrium; equiponderance.
The pendulous round eart, with balanced air, In
counterpoise. --Milton. CounterpoisedCounterpoise Coun"ter*poise` (koun"t?r-poiz`; 277), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Counterpoised (-poizd`); p. pr. & vb. n.
Counterpoising.] [OE. countrepesen, counterpeisen, F.
contrepeser. See Counter, adv., and Poise, v. t. ]
1. To act against with equal weight; to equal in weight; to
balance the weight of; to counterbalance.
Weights, counterpoising one another. --Sir K.
Digby.
2. To act against with equal power; to balance.
So many freeholders of English will be able to beard
and counterpoise the rest. --Spenser. CounterpoisingCounterpoise Coun"ter*poise` (koun"t?r-poiz`; 277), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Counterpoised (-poizd`); p. pr. & vb. n.
Counterpoising.] [OE. countrepesen, counterpeisen, F.
contrepeser. See Counter, adv., and Poise, v. t. ]
1. To act against with equal weight; to equal in weight; to
balance the weight of; to counterbalance.
Weights, counterpoising one another. --Sir K.
Digby.
2. To act against with equal power; to balance.
So many freeholders of English will be able to beard
and counterpoise the rest. --Spenser. Counterpole
Counterpole Coun"ter*pole` (-p?l`), n.
The exact opposite.
The German prose offers the counterpole to the French
style. --De Quincey.
Counterponderate
Counterponderate Coun`ter*pon"der*ate (-p?n"d?r-?t), v. t.
To equal in weight; to counterpoise; to equiponderate.
Figurate counterpointFigurate Fig"ur*ate, a. [L. figuratus, p. p. of figurare. See
Figure.]
1. Of a definite form or figure.
Plants are all figurate and determinate, which
inanimate bodies are not. --Bacon.
2. Figurative; metaphorical. [Obs.] --Bale.
3. (Mus.) Florid; figurative; involving passing discords by
the freer melodic movement of one or more parts or voices
in the harmony; as, figurate counterpoint or descant.
Figurate counterpoint or descant (Mus.), that which is
not simple, or in which the parts do not move together
tone for tone, but in which freer movement of one or more
parts mingles passing discords with the harmony; -- called
also figural, figurative, and figured counterpoint
or descant (although the term figured is more commonly
applied to a bass with numerals written above or below to
indicate the other notes of the harmony).
Figurate numbers (Math.), numbers, or series of numbers,
formed from any arithmetical progression in which the
first term is a unit, and the difference a whole number,
by taking the first term, and the sums of the first two,
first three, first four, etc., as the successive terms of
a new series, from which another may be formed in the same
manner, and so on, the numbers in the resulting series
being such that points representing them are capable of
symmetrical arrangement in different geometrical figures,
as triangles, squares, pentagons, etc.
Note: In the following example, the two lower lines are
composed of figurate numbers, those in the second line
being triangular, and represented thus: -- . 1, 2, 3,
4, etc. . . . 1, 3, 6, 10, etc. . . . . . . . etc. 1,
4, 10, 20, etc . . . . . . . . . . . . figured counterpointFigurate Fig"ur*ate, a. [L. figuratus, p. p. of figurare. See
Figure.]
1. Of a definite form or figure.
Plants are all figurate and determinate, which
inanimate bodies are not. --Bacon.
2. Figurative; metaphorical. [Obs.] --Bale.
3. (Mus.) Florid; figurative; involving passing discords by
the freer melodic movement of one or more parts or voices
in the harmony; as, figurate counterpoint or descant.
Figurate counterpoint or descant (Mus.), that which is
not simple, or in which the parts do not move together
tone for tone, but in which freer movement of one or more
parts mingles passing discords with the harmony; -- called
also figural, figurative, and figured counterpoint
or descant (although the term figured is more commonly
applied to a bass with numerals written above or below to
indicate the other notes of the harmony).
Figurate numbers (Math.), numbers, or series of numbers,
formed from any arithmetical progression in which the
first term is a unit, and the difference a whole number,
by taking the first term, and the sums of the first two,
first three, first four, etc., as the successive terms of
a new series, from which another may be formed in the same
manner, and so on, the numbers in the resulting series
being such that points representing them are capable of
symmetrical arrangement in different geometrical figures,
as triangles, squares, pentagons, etc.
Note: In the following example, the two lower lines are
composed of figurate numbers, those in the second line
being triangular, and represented thus: -- . 1, 2, 3,
4, etc. . . . 1, 3, 6, 10, etc. . . . . . . . etc. 1,
4, 10, 20, etc . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpoint
Interpoint In`ter*point", v. t.
To point; to mark with stops or pauses; to punctuate. [R.]
Her sighs should interpoint her words. --Daniel.
Interpolable
Interpolable In*ter"po*la*ble, a.
That may be interpolated; suitable to be interpolated.
A most interpolable clause of one sentence. --De
Morgan.
InterpolateInterpolate In*ter"po*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Interpolated; p. pr. & vb. n. Interpolating.] [L.
interpolatus, p. p. of interpolare to form anew, to
interpolate, fr. interpolus, interpolis, falsified, vamped
up, polished up; inter between + polire to polish. See
Polish, v. t.]
1. To renew; to carry on with intermission. [Obs.]
Motion . . . partly continued and unintermitted, . .
. partly interpolated and interrupted. --Sir M.
Hale.
2. To alter or corrupt by the insertion of new or foreign
matter; especially, to change, as a book or text, by the
insertion of matter that is new, or foreign to the purpose
of the author.
How strangely Ignatius is mangled and interpolated,
you may see by the vast difference of all copies and
editions. --Bp. Barlow.
The Athenians were put in possession of Salamis by
another law, which was cited by Solon, or, as some
think, interpolated by him for that purpose. --Pope.
3. (Math.) To fill up intermediate terms of, as of a series,
according to the law of the series; to introduce, as a
number or quantity, in a partial series, according to the
law of that part of the series. InterpolatedInterpolate In*ter"po*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Interpolated; p. pr. & vb. n. Interpolating.] [L.
interpolatus, p. p. of interpolare to form anew, to
interpolate, fr. interpolus, interpolis, falsified, vamped
up, polished up; inter between + polire to polish. See
Polish, v. t.]
1. To renew; to carry on with intermission. [Obs.]
Motion . . . partly continued and unintermitted, . .
. partly interpolated and interrupted. --Sir M.
Hale.
2. To alter or corrupt by the insertion of new or foreign
matter; especially, to change, as a book or text, by the
insertion of matter that is new, or foreign to the purpose
of the author.
How strangely Ignatius is mangled and interpolated,
you may see by the vast difference of all copies and
editions. --Bp. Barlow.
The Athenians were put in possession of Salamis by
another law, which was cited by Solon, or, as some
think, interpolated by him for that purpose. --Pope.
3. (Math.) To fill up intermediate terms of, as of a series,
according to the law of the series; to introduce, as a
number or quantity, in a partial series, according to the
law of that part of the series. Interpolated
Interpolated In*ter"po*la`ted, a.
1. Inserted in, or added to, the original; introduced;
foisted in; changed by the insertion of new or spurious
matter.
2. (Math.)
(a) Provided with necessary interpolations; as, an
interpolated table.
(b) Introduced or determined by interpolation; as,
interpolated quantities or numbers.
InterpolatingInterpolate In*ter"po*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Interpolated; p. pr. & vb. n. Interpolating.] [L.
interpolatus, p. p. of interpolare to form anew, to
interpolate, fr. interpolus, interpolis, falsified, vamped
up, polished up; inter between + polire to polish. See
Polish, v. t.]
1. To renew; to carry on with intermission. [Obs.]
Motion . . . partly continued and unintermitted, . .
. partly interpolated and interrupted. --Sir M.
Hale.
2. To alter or corrupt by the insertion of new or foreign
matter; especially, to change, as a book or text, by the
insertion of matter that is new, or foreign to the purpose
of the author.
How strangely Ignatius is mangled and interpolated,
you may see by the vast difference of all copies and
editions. --Bp. Barlow.
The Athenians were put in possession of Salamis by
another law, which was cited by Solon, or, as some
think, interpolated by him for that purpose. --Pope.
3. (Math.) To fill up intermediate terms of, as of a series,
according to the law of the series; to introduce, as a
number or quantity, in a partial series, according to the
law of that part of the series. Interpolation
Interpolation In*ter`po*la"tion, n. [L. interpolatio an
alteration made here and there: cf. F. interpolation.]
1. The act of introducing or inserting anything, especially
that which is spurious or foreign.
2. That which is introduced or inserted, especially something
foreign or spurious.
Bentley wrote a letter . . . . upon the scriptural
glosses in our present copies of Hesychius, which he
considered interpolations from a later hand. --De
Quincey.
3. (Math.) The method or operation of finding from a few
given terms of a series, as of numbers or observations,
other intermediate terms in conformity with the law of the
series.
Interpolator
Interpolator In*ter"po*la`tor, n. [L., a corrupter: of. F.
interpolateur.]
One who interpolates; esp., one who inserts foreign or
spurious matter in genuine writings.
InterponeInterpone In`ter*pone", v. t. [L. interponere; inter between +
ponere to place. See Position.]
To interpose; to insert or place between. [R.] --Cudworth. Interponent
Interponent In`ter*po"nent, n.
One who, or that which, interposes; an interloper, an
opponent. [R.] --Heywood.
InterposalInterposal In`ter*pos"al, n. [From Interpose.]
The act of interposing; interposition; intervention. InterposeInterpose In`ter*pose", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interposed; p.
pr. & vb. n. Interposing.] [F. interposer. See Inter-,
and Pose, v. t.]
1. To place between; as, to interpose a screen between the
eye and the light.
Mountains interposed Make enemies of nations.
--Cowper.
2. To thrust; to intrude; to between, either for aid or for
troubling.
What watchful cares do interpose themselves Betwixt
your eyes and night? --Shak.
The common Father of mankind seasonably interposed
his hand, and rescues miserable man. --Woodward.
3. To introduce or inject between the parts of a conversation
or argument. --Milton. InterposeInterpose In`ter*pose", v. i.
1. To be or come between.
Long hid by interposing hill or wood. --Cowper.
2. To step in between parties at variance; to mediate; as,
the prince interposed and made peace. --Pope.
3. To utter a sentiment by way of interruption. --Boyle.
Syn: To intervene; intercede; mediate; interfere;
intermeddle.
Usage: To Interpose, Intermeddle, Interfere. A man may
often interpose with propriety in the concerns of
others; he can never intermeddle without being
impertinent or officious; nor can be interfere without
being liable to the same charge, unless he has rights
which are interfered with. ``In our practical use,
interference is something offensive. It is the pushing
in of himself between two parties on the part of a
third who was not asked, and is not thanked for his
pains, and who, as the feeling of the word implies,
had no business there; while interposition is employed
to express the friendly, peacemaking mediation of one
whom the act well became, and who, even if he was not
specially invited thereunto, is still thanked for what
he has done.' --Trench. Interpose
Interpose In"ter*pose, n.
Interposition. [Obs.]
InterposedInterpose In`ter*pose", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interposed; p.
pr. & vb. n. Interposing.] [F. interposer. See Inter-,
and Pose, v. t.]
1. To place between; as, to interpose a screen between the
eye and the light.
Mountains interposed Make enemies of nations.
--Cowper.
2. To thrust; to intrude; to between, either for aid or for
troubling.
What watchful cares do interpose themselves Betwixt
your eyes and night? --Shak.
The common Father of mankind seasonably interposed
his hand, and rescues miserable man. --Woodward.
3. To introduce or inject between the parts of a conversation
or argument. --Milton. Interposer
Interposer In`ter*pos"er, n.
One who, or that which, interposes or intervenes; an obstacle
or interruption; a mediator or agent between parties. --Shak.
InterposingInterpose In`ter*pose", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interposed; p.
pr. & vb. n. Interposing.] [F. interposer. See Inter-,
and Pose, v. t.]
1. To place between; as, to interpose a screen between the
eye and the light.
Mountains interposed Make enemies of nations.
--Cowper.
2. To thrust; to intrude; to between, either for aid or for
troubling.
What watchful cares do interpose themselves Betwixt
your eyes and night? --Shak.
The common Father of mankind seasonably interposed
his hand, and rescues miserable man. --Woodward.
3. To introduce or inject between the parts of a conversation
or argument. --Milton. InterpositInterposit In`ter*pos"it, n. [From L. interpositus, p. p. of
interponere. See Interposition.]
An intermediate depot or station between one commercial city
or country and another. --Mitford. InterpositionInterposition In`ter*po*si"tion (?; 277), n. [L. interpositio
a putting between, insertion, fr. interponere, interpositum:
cf. F. interposition. See Interpone, Position.]
1. The act of interposing, or the state of being interposed;
a being, placing, or coming between; mediation.
2. The thing interposed.
Meaning of Terpo from wikipedia
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Nektarios Terpos (Aromanian:
Nectar Tãrpo; Gr****: Νεκτάριος Τέρπος; late 17th century–18th century) was an
Orthodox Christian scholar and monk from Moscopole...
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volema L.
Pyrus domestica (Borkh.) Medik.
Pyrus karpatiana Terpó Pyrus magyarica Terpó Pyrus moschata Poit. &
Turpin Pyrus pa****ta Poit. &
Turpin Pyrus...
- Arum
pictum Arum
purpureospathum Arum
rupicola Arum
sintenisii Arum × sooi
Terpó - Spain,
Hungary (A.
cylindraceum × A. maculatum)
Formerly placed here:...
- (meaning "headdress") via the
Turkish language, from
Ottoman Turkish تيرپوس (
terpos), and is used
mainly in the
countries of the
Levant (Syria, Lebanon, Palestine...
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court orders under the law: a
temporary ERPO (
TERPO),
which has a
duration of up to two w****s; and (if the
TERPO is granted) a 364-day ERPO (which may be granted...
- Kavalliotis—priest and
teacher Andrei Șaguna—metropolitan
bishop Nektarios Terpos—scholar and monk
Sotiris Bletsas Elie
Carafoli Ioannis Chalkeus Sterie Diamandi...
- (1993). The
Genus Arum. London: HMSO. ISBN 0-11-250085-4. "Arum × sooi
Terpó".
Plants of the
World Online Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2023-06-20. Retrieved...
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keyboard technician Mike
Klvana –
Synclavier and
keyboard technician Mel
Terpos –
guitar technician Vince Guttman – drum
technician Arranged and produced...
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region of Epirus.
Along with
David Selenica,
Kostandin Shpataraku,
Terpo Zografi,
Efthim Zografi, Joan Çetiri, Naum Çetiri,
Gjergj Çetiri, Nikolla...
- the society. The
building was the home of the
patriot of Korçë,
Diamanti Tërpo, who
donated the
building to the
Albanian school. From 1887 to 1902 there...
