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- noun A
rhythm thatcomplements another rhythm.
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Examples
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The mailman was dancing, as Doug had known he would be, arms flailing with wild abandonment, legs kicking up in spontaneous counterrhythm.
Baby Games Chelsea White 2010
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Mr. Federle's attention to composition leads him to some arresting flights of fancy-in a stand-out drawing, strips of masking tape inadvertently set off a calisthenic counterrhythm to a punchy group of squares and rectangles.
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Mr. Federle's attention to composition leads him to some arresting flights of fancy-in a stand-out drawing, strips of masking tape inadvertently set off a calisthenic counterrhythm to a punchy group of squares and rectangles.
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A few meters away, Pak Dorren drummed her fingers on the back of the stool she was straddling, her feet tapping an uneven counterrhythm on the rungs.
Time's Enemy Graf, L. A. 1996
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As a rule, she responds in a thoroughly jazzy way to music, throwing in an intense dance cadenza here, employing a striking counterrhythm there; and in her best pieces her freedom is exhilarating.
NYT > Home Page By ALASTAIR MACAULAY 2010
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