counterbeat

English

Etymology

counter- +‎ beat

Noun

counterbeat (plural counterbeats)

  1. A beat that runs counter to another.
    • 2009 March 20, Holland Cotter, “Cutting Modernism’s Big Cube Down to Size”, in New York Times‎:
      At the same time there’s a counterbeat of tension.
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