Definitions
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- noun A
physical movement thatcounterbalances another movement. - noun A
legal motion filed in opposition to a previous motion.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Mr. Schumacher said Mr. Patrizzi had filed a countermotion against Antiquorum's October complaint.
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The cause of which is doubtless this: that the motion of expansion in the impelling powder is quicker many times over than the motion of the resisting gravity, so that the first motion is over before the countermotion is begun, and thus at first the resistance amounts to nothing.
The New Organon 2005
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S.N.G. filed opposition papers last week, as well a countermotion that accuses BMW Oracle of violating the same constructed-in-country principal because, although its yacht was built in the United States, its design is based on a giant French multihull.
International Herald Tribune - World News, Analysis, and Global Opinions 2010
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Because every motion generated by the power stroke inside these cylinders is offset by a countermotion in this perfectly symmetrical design, far more of the power generated by the fuel combustion is passed on to the crankshaft, and far less material is necessary to construct the engine block.
unknown title 2009
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