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coun·ter·mo·tion

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  1. countermotionnoun

    A physical movement that counterbalances another movement.

  2. countermotionnoun

    A legal motion filed in opposition to a previous motion.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Countermotionnoun

    Contrary motion; opposition of motion.

    Etymology: counter and motion.

    That resistance is a countermotion, or equivalent to one, is plain by this, that any body which is pressed, must needs press again on the body that presses it. Kenelm Digby, on the Soul.

    If any of the returning spirits should happen to fall foul upon others which are outward bound, these countermotions would overset them, or occasion a later arrival. Collier.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of countermotion in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of countermotion in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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