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CONTRARY MOTION

Definition: CONTRARY MOTION

CONTRARY MOTION

1. (Mus.), the progression of parts in opposite directions, one ascending, the other descending. Syn: Adverse; repugnant; hostile; inimical; discordant; inconsistent.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Anagrams: CONTRARY MOTION

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-i-m-n-n-o-o-o-r-r-t-t-y"

-4 letters: contortion, coronation, corotation, craniotomy.

-5 letters: antonymic, cormorant, monotonic, nominator, nonatomic.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: CONTRARY MOTION


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 4F 4E 54 52 41 52 59      4D 4F 54 49 4F 4E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01001111 01001110 01010100 01010010 01000001 01010010 01011001 00100000 01001101 01001111 01010100 01001001 01001111 01001110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#79 &#78 &#84 &#82 &#65 &#82 &#89 &#32 &#77 &#79 &#84 &#73 &#79 &#78

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 004F 004E 0054 0052 0041 0052 0059      004D 004F 0054 0049 004F 004E

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

37494854523552592474954434948

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Anagrams
3. Orthography
4. Bibliography


  

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