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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A contrary or opposite turning; the condition of being reversed in direction; specifically, in conchology, reversal of the direction in which spiral shells usually turn. Also heterostrophe.

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  • why do Contra dancers always turn to their left?

    February 24, 2010