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CONTRECOUP

Definition: CONTRECOUP

CONTRECOUP

Noun

1. A concussion or shock produced by a blow or other injury, in a part or region opposite to that at which the blow is received, often causing rupture or disorganisation of the parts affected.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Etymology: Contrecoup \Con`tre*coup"\, noun. [French expression, from contre (L. contra) coup blow.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms within Context: CONTRECOUP

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Recoil	Noun: recoil; reaction, retroaction; revulsion; bounce, rebound, ricochet; repercussion, recalcitration; kick, contrecoup; springing back; Verb: elasticity; reflection, reflexion, reflex, reflux; reverberation; (resonance); rebuff, repulse; return.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: CONTRECOUP

Non-English Usage: "CONTRECOUP" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

French (after effect, aftermath, rebound, repercussion).

Anagrams: CONTRECOUP

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-c-e-n-o-o-p-r-t-u"
	-2 letters: concerto.
	-3 letters: coconut, concept, concert, contour, cornute, cornuto, coronet, counter, crouton, outcrop, pouncer, puccoon, recount, trounce.
	-4 letters: concur, cooper, cooter, copout, copter, cornet, coupon, couter, crepon, croton, croupe, enroot, operon, pounce, pouter, precut, pronto, proton, punter, recoup, roupet, tenour, troupe, unroot, uproot, uptore, uptorn.
	-5 letters: cento, centu, conte, conto, cooer, coopt, copen, coper, cornu.
	Words containing the letters "c-c-e-n-o-o-p-r-t-u"
	+1 letter: countercoup, pococurante.
	+2 letters: countercoups, reoccupation.
	+3 letters: preoccupation, reoccupations.
	+4 letters: counterproject, preoccupations, psychoneurotic, superconductor.
	+5 letters: counterprojects, psychoneurotics, superconductors.
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Alternative Orthography: CONTRECOUP

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

43 4F 4E 54 52 45 43 4F 55 50

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

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-.-. --- -. - .-. . -.-. --- ..- .--.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

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

01000011 01001111 01001110 01010100 01010010 01000101 01000011 01001111 01010101 01010000

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#79 &#78 &#84 &#82 &#69 &#67 &#79 &#85 &#80

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 004F 004E 0054 0052 0045 0043 004F 0055 0050

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

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

37494854523937495550

INDEX

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

5. Bibliography

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