Crossword clues for countercheck
countercheck
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Countercheck \Coun`ter*check"\ (koun`t?r-ch?k"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Counterchecked (-ch?ckt"); p. pr. & vb. n. Counterchecking.] To oppose or check by some obstacle; to check by a return check.
Countercheck \Coun"ter*check`\ (koun"t?r-ch?k`), n.
A check; a stop; a rebuke, or censure to check a reprover.
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Any force or device designed to restrain another restraining force; a check upon a check.
The system of checks and counterchecks.
--J. H. Newton.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A restriction or limit 2 A second check (in order to confirm or deny a previous one) vb. 1 To restrict or limit by counteracting 2 To recheck
WordNet
n. a check that restrains another check
something that checks the correctness of a previous check [syn: double check]
v. oppose or check by a counteraction [syn: counteract]
check a second time
Usage examples of "countercheck".
Twenty-odd years of endless Lunar data, done by atomic (cesium) clock, electrically-automatically timed occultations of stars, backed by both triangulation and radar ranging, counterchecked by similar work done on the inner planets by other astronomers at other observatories—Certainly he could be wrong .
They questioned him and counterchecked his answers so often and so thoroughly that when they finally let him go he no longer really felt that the mission had been part of his life.
Theory after theory was advanced and checked and counterchecked and modified and abandoned and revived and converted to something else.
What remains now are the checks and counterchecks each of us employ up to the moment of the exchange.
They included exhaustive checks and counterchecks on all embassy personnel.
Relative to "pushing to the limit of impeccability," and the "petty tyrant" mode, it needs to be said (I believe) that all interactions provide counterchecks of self re impeccability.
Jillan ran counterchecks on the figures and Paul was set at com, keeping a steady flow of John Liles' transmission.