·noun An opposite point.
II. Counterpoint ·noun Music in parts; part writing; harmony; polyphonic music. ·see Polyphony.
III. Counterpoint ·noun A coverlet; a cover for a bed, often stitched or broken into squares; a counterpane. ·see 1st Counterpane.
IV. Counterpoint ·noun The setting of note against note in harmony; the adding of one or more parts to a given canto fermo or melody.
V. Counterpoint ·noun The art of polyphony, or composite melody, ·i.e., melody not single, but moving attended by one or more related melodies.