Usually means: Rotation or movement in opposite direction.
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  1. counterturn: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. counterturn: Wordnik
  3. counterturn: Wiktionary
  4. counterturn: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. Counterturn, counterturn: Dictionary.com
  6. Counterturn: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. counterturn: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Counterturn: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. counterturn: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. counterturn: Free Dictionary
  11. Counterturn: Dictionary/thesaurus

Definitions from Wiktionary (counterturn)

noun:  A turn in the other direction; one of the turns of a zigzag.
noun:  The critical moment in a drama, when, contrary to expectation, the action is embroiled in new difficulties.

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