counterchange

[ koun-ter-cheynj ]

verb (used with object)

, coun·ter·changed, coun·ter·chang·ing.

1. to cause to change places, qualities, etc.; interchange.
2. to diversify; checker.

counterchange

/ ˌkaʊntəˈtʃeɪndʒ /

verb

1. to change parts, qualities, etc
2. poetic.
   to chequer, as with contrasting colours

Word History and Origins

Origin of counterchange¹

First recorded in 1885–90; counter- + change

Example Sentences

Dissolution is the counterchange which sooner or later every evolved aggregate undergoes.

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When tempered with flint or quartz sand to a uniform degree, they offer a splendid opportunity for counterchange pattern.

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The 13th century parti-coloured and striped dresses foreshadowed the heraldic fashion, which must be studied for its proportion and treatment of decorative colour-values in counterchange to get the true value of its noble effects.

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They take us into the open fields, and show us the soft counterchange of shadows and sunlight, bright spaces and pursuing swarths of shade.

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The ceiling is coffered, and the male and female patterns are counterchanged diagonally.

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