UNEQUAL COUNTERPOINT

Meaning of UNEQUAL COUNTERPOINT in English

noun

: counterpoint in which the musical parts move in unequal notes

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

COUNTERPOINT — I. noun see: pungent Date: 15th century 1. one or more independent melodies added above or below a given melody, …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
COUNTERPOINT — Art of combining different melodic lines in a musical composition. The term is often used interchangeably with polyphony (music consisting …
Английский словарь Британика
UNEQUAL — I. “+ adjective 1. a. : not of the same measurement, quantity, amount, or number as another : unlike cutting …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
COUNTERPOINT — I. ˈkau̇ntə(r)+ˌ- noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: earlier conterpoint, from Middle French contrepoint, from contre- counter- + point dot, musical …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
UNEQUAL — (a.) Not adequate or sufficient; inferior; as, the man was unequal to the emergency; the timber was unequal to the …
Английский словарь Webster
UNEQUAL — (a.) Not uniform; not equable; irregular; uneven; as, unequal pulsations; an unequal poem.
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UNEQUAL — (a.) Not equal; not matched; not of the same size, length, breadth, quantity, strength, talents, acquirements, age, station, or the …
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COUNTERPOINT — (n.) A coverlet; a cover for a bed, often stitched or broken into squares; a counterpane. See 1st Counterpane.
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COUNTERPOINT — (n.) Music in parts; part writing; harmony; polyphonic music. See Polyphony.
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COUNTERPOINT — (n.) The art of polyphony, or composite melody, i. e., melody not single, but moving attended by one or more …
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COUNTERPOINT — (n.) The setting of note against note in harmony; the adding of one or more parts to a given canto …
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COUNTERPOINT — (n.) An opposite point
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UNEQUAL — ( a. ) Not uniform; not equable; irregular; uneven; as, unequal pulsations; an unequal poem.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
UNEQUAL — ( a. ) Not equal; not matched; not of the same size, length, breadth, quantity, strength, talents, acquirements, age, station, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
UNEQUAL — ( a. ) Not adequate or sufficient; inferior; as, the man was unequal to the emergency; the timber was unequal …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
COUNTERPOINT — ( n. ) The setting of note against note in harmony; the adding of one or more parts to a …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
COUNTERPOINT — ( n. ) The art of polyphony, or composite melody, i. e., melody not single, but moving attended by one …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
COUNTERPOINT — ( n. ) Music in parts; part writing; harmony; polyphonic music. See Polyphony.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
COUNTERPOINT — ( n. ) An opposite point
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
COUNTERPOINT — ( n. ) A coverlet; a cover for a bed, often stitched or broken into squares; a counterpane. See 1st …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
UNEQUAL — — unequally , adv. — unequalness , n. /un ee"kweuhl/ , adj. 1. not equal; not of the same quantity, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COUNTERPOINT — /kown"teuhr poynt'/ , n. 1. Music. the art of combining melodies. 2. Music. the texture resulting from the combining of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
COUNTERPOINT — v. combine one melody with another (Music)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
UNEQUAL — I. ˌən-ˈē-kwəl adjective Date: 1565 1. a. : not of the same measurement, quantity, or number as another b. : …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
COUNTERPOINT — I. ˈkau̇n-tər-ˌpȯint noun Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French contrepoint, from Medieval Latin contrapunctus, from Latin contra- counter- + Medieval …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
UNEQUAL — adj not having the two sides or the parts symmetrical. 2. unequal ·adj not uniform; not equable; irregular; uneven; as, …
Webster English vocab
COUNTERPOINT — noun an opposite point. 2. counterpoint ·noun music in parts; part writing; harmony; polyphonic music. ·see polyphony. 3. counterpoint ·noun …
Webster English vocab
UNEQUAL — [un.equal] adj (1565) 1 a: not of the same measurement, quantity, or number as another b: not like or not …
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COUNTERPOINT — [coun.ter.point] n [MF contrepoint, fr. ML contrapunctus, fr. L contra- counter- + ML punctus musical note, melody, fr. L, act …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
COUNTERPOINT — art of combining different melodic lines in a musical composition. It is the most characteristic element in Western music and …
Britannica English vocabulary
UNEQUAL — unequal BrE AmE ( ˌ ) ʌn ˈiːk w ə l ▷ unequal|ed, \~led d ▷ unequal|ly i ▷ unequal|s …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
UNEQUAL — / ʌnˈiːkwəl; NAmE / adjective 1. [ usually before noun ] in which people are treated in different ways or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COUNTERPOINT — / ˈkaʊntəpɔɪnt; NAmE -tərp-/ noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ U ] ( music ) the combination of two …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UNEQUAL — un ‧ e ‧ qual /ʌnˈiːkwəl/ BrE AmE adjective [ Word Family: noun : ↑ equality ≠ ↑ inequality , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
COUNTERPOINT — coun ‧ ter ‧ point /ˈkaʊntəpɔɪnt $ -ər-/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1400-1500 ; Language: French ; Origin: contrepoint …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
UNEQUAL — adj. 1 (often foll. by to) not equal. 2 of varying quality. 3 lacking equal advantage to both sides (an …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
COUNTERPOINT — n. & v. --n. 1 Mus. a the art or technique of setting, writing, or playing a melody or melodies …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
UNEQUAL — adj. 1 (often foll. by to) not equal. 2 of varying quality. 3 lacking equal advantage to both sides (an …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
COUNTERPOINT — n. & v. n. 1 Mus. a the art or technique of setting, writing, or playing a melody or melodies …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
UNEQUAL — adj.1 (often foll. by to) not equal. 2 of varying quality. 3 lacking equal advantage to both sides (an unequal …
Oxford English vocab
COUNTERPOINT — n. & v. --n. 1. Mus. a the art or technique of setting, writing, or playing a melody or melodies …
Oxford English vocab
UNEQUAL — 1. An unequal system or situation is unfair because it gives more power or privileges to one person or group …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
COUNTERPOINT — ( counterpoints) Something that is a counterpoint to something else contrasts with it in a satisfying way. ( JOURNALISM ) …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UNEQUAL — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES equal/unequal length ▪ She drew two lines of equal length. uneven/unequal British English (= one …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
COUNTERPOINT — noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Water chestnuts and snow peas provided a light counterpoint to the duck. EXAMPLES FROM …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
UNEQUAL — (UNFAIR) [adjective] - not treating everyone the same; unfairCommon themes in her writing are sexism and the unequal treatment of …
Cambridge English vocab
COUNTERPOINT — n. Art of combining different melodic lines in a musical composition. The term is often used interchangeably with polyphony (music …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
UNEQUAL — adj. 25B6; adjective they are unequal in length : DIFFERENT, dissimilar, unlike, unalike, disparate, unmatched, uneven, irregular, varying, variable. the …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
UNEQUAL — прил. 1) неравный 2) неадекватный, неподходящий 3) неровный, неспокойный неровня - a marriage of *s неравный брак неравный, неравноценный - …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
COUNTERPOINT — сущ.; муз. контрапункт (музыкальное) контрапункт; полифония (литературоведение) многоплановость; полифоническое построение разнообразие; игра контрастов - their white robes were a * …
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UNEQUAL — 1. ʌnʹi:kwəl n обыкн. pl неровня a marriage of unequals - неравный брак 2. ʌnʹi:kwəl a 1. 1> неравный, неравноценный …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
COUNTERPOINT — counterpoint.ogg ʹkaʋntəpɔınt n 1. муз. 1> контрапункт 2> полифония 2. лит. многоплановость ( романа и т. п. ); полифоническое построение …
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UNEQUAL — 1) неограниченный 2) неодинаковый 3) неравный • recursively unequal numbers — рекурсивно неравные числа sample of unequal size — выборки неравного объема sampling with unequal probability …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
UNEQUAL — 1. ʌnʹi:kwəl n обыкн. pl неровня a marriage of unequals - неравный брак 2. ʌnʹi:kwəl a 1. 1> неравный, неравноценный …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
COUNTERPOINT — n 1. муз. 1> контрапункт 2> полифония 2. лит. многоплановость ( романа и т. п. ); полифоническое построение ( литературного …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
UNEQUAL — прил. 1) неравный, неодинаковый unequal portions — неравные порции 2) неадекватный, неподходящий Unequal to the task — неподходящий для этой …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
UNEQUAL — прил. 1) неравный, неодинаковый unequal portions — неравные порции 2) неадекватный, неподходящий Unequal to the task — неподходящий для этой работы 3) неровный, варьирующийся, изменчивый, …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
UNEQUAL — _a. 1> неравный; неравноценный; плохо подобранный; unequal match - неравный брак 2> несоответствующий, неадекватный; unequal to the work - неподходящий …
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UNEQUAL — a. 1. неравный; неравноценный; плохо подобранный; unequal match - неравный брак 2. несоответствующий, неадекватный; unequal to the work - неподходящий …
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UNEQUAL — _a. 1> неравный; неравноценный; плохо подобранный; unequal match неравный брак 2> несоответствующий, неадекватный; unequal to the work неподходящий для данной …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
UNEQUAL — прил. 1) неравный 2) неадекватный, неподходящий 3) неровный, неспокойный неровня - a marriage of *s неравный брак неравный, неравноценный - …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
COUNTERPOINT — сущ.; муз. контрапункт (музыкальное) контрапункт; полифония (литературоведение) многоплановость; полифоническое построение разнообразие; игра контрастов - their white robes were a * …
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