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counterchange /ˈkaʊntətʃeɪn(d)ʒ /verb [with object] literary1Chequer with contrasting colours: a sudden splendour counterchanged the level lake with diamond-plots of dark and bright...- The cross counterchanging symbolizes the cross-cultural influence of both races upon each other.
- The painting of the ribs is imitated from that of the Lady Chapel, counterchanging the colours.
- Pink is a delicate colour, and to make it more vibrant I have left sunlit areas of white to counterchange the background against it.
1.1 Heraldry Interchange the tinctures of (a charge) with that of a divided field.The client might consider counterchanging the tinctures of the field, or using a bordure....- The saltire is counterchanged to combine it with the saltire of St. Andrew.
- Argent, a pile throughout embattled azure and in chief three mullets of four points counterchanged.
noun [mass noun]1Change that is equivalent in degree but opposite in effect to a previous change: to all change there must be counterchange...- The end result of such a series of changes and counterchanges adds complexity and reduces stability in the overall domain name system and the applications that use it.
- Sometimes the authors allude to a tarot technique or feature, such as elemental counterchanges or the esoteric function without providing the original source or even much information.
- Apart from the placement and numbering of the Fool, the most significant change made by Mathers to the trumps was the counterchange in the numbers and locations of the trumps Justice and Strength.
2Patterning in which a dark motif on a light ground alternates with the same motif light on a dark ground.Patterns and Symmetry results from enquiry into the geometrical characteristics of regular-repeating patterns, and presents a selection of counterchange and other effects in a printed textile format....- A counterchange occurs when you swap the tonal values of adjacent shapes like the squares on a checkerboard.
- The difficulty of adapting counterchange designs for patterns that were designed for pleater smocking is that your ratio of fabric to pleats is reduced.
Origin Late Middle English (as a heraldic term): from French contrechanger, from contre (expressing substitution) + changer 'to change'. Rhymes arrange, change, estrange, exchange, grange, interchange, Lagrange, mange, part-exchange, range, short-change, strange |