antistrophic

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an·tis·tro·phe

A0350200 (ăn-tĭs′trə-fē)n.1. The second stanza, and those like it, in a poem consisting of alternating stanzas in contrasting metrical form.2. The second division of the triad of a Pindaric ode, having the same stanza form as the strophe.3. a. The choral movement in classical Greek drama in the opposite direction from that of the strophe.b. The part of a choral ode sung while this movement is executed.
[Late Latin antistrophē, antistrophe of Greek tragedy, from Greek, strophic correspondence, from antistrephein, to turn back : anti-, back; see anti- + strephein, to turn; see strophe.]
an′ti·stroph′ic (ăn′tĭ-strŏf′ĭk) adj.an′ti·stroph′i·cal·ly adv.
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Adj.1.antistrophic - of or relating to an antistropheantistrophic - of or relating to an antistrophe