What is a coup? When this word is pronounced, the first thing to remember is a gymnastic exercise under that name. But if you think about it, you can recall other interpretations. More details about several interpretations of the word "coup" with comments will be described in the article.
In acrobatics
The dictionary offers as many as four variations of the meaning of the word “coup”.
The first of them is characterized as a rotation made around a horizontal axis. Such movements are, for example, in acrobatics. In this sport, there are coups forward and backward.
Among acrobatic movements are noted such as:
- Normal, when the performer stands in his arms, turns over his head with a push from his arms and rises to his feet. As a rule, for convenience, this movement is executed from acceleration.
- Slow, across the bridge. The performer first gets up on his hands, then flips over, goes into the bridge, after which he pushes off with his hands in the stop bridge and rolls back into the rack. Performed from a place.
- Somersault begins to do the same, then roll over on one leg. It is also called "wheel forward."
- Flick forward or pace. The performer jumps into his arms, turns over and returns to the rack with a push of his hands.
Another coup is an element of acrobatic stunts such as a wheel. There is also a side flip, called rondat, it is done forward with a transition back.
The second kind is heavier and also performed differently:
- It’s usual when the performer goes into the bridge, but during the transition he throws one leg, while he does not perform an accidental jump into his arms (“back wheel”).
- Slow, across the bridge, when they go back from the rack, then throw their legs, turn over and return to the rack.
- Flak. The performer jumps back into his arms, rolls over, shoves from his hands and goes into the rack. There is an implementation option and without a push of the hands, as well as one leg.
In aviation
In the sky, a coup is a figure during which the pilot turns the plane 180 ° around the longitudinal axis. This is done from flying in a straight line in a vertical plane, inverted relative to the horizon. It is followed by movement along a descending territory with an exit (in the opposite direction) to horizontal flight.
This complex aerobatics figure is also known as “reverse immelman”. She is named for Max Immelman, a German ace pilot (1890-1916). It was he who invented this aerobatics.
As a result of such a technique in battle, an airplane that attacks leaves behind and above the enemy machine, if before that they were on the opposite course. This provides a favorable position for a successful attack.
In a figurative sense - option number 1
In this meaning, the dictionary offers two interpretations.
The first figurative interpretation of the coup is a radical, revolutionary change in the development of something. It can occur in views, in worldview, in ideas about nature, in science, in industry.
An example is the industrial revolution, or the Great Industrial Revolution, the result of which was a massive transition to machine labor from manual labor, the transition to factory from manufactory. It occurred in the leading countries of the world in the XVIII-XIX centuries.
The industrial revolution coincided not only with the beginning of the use of machines on a mass scale, but also with a change in the entire social structure. Labor productivity sharply increased, urbanization and economic growth began, and the standard of living of the population significantly increased.
Revolutionary changes began in the UK, moving to the countries of Europe and the United States, and allowed to move from an agrarian society to an industrial one.
The second figurative value
In the second case, a coup is the overthrow of the former government and the rise to power of those who were previously in opposition. Such coups are revolutionary, military, palace.
A vivid example is the era of palace coups in the Russian state, which followed in the XVIII century after the death of Emperor Peter the Great. Then the transition of higher power was carried out by guards or groups of courtiers. This phenomenon was facilitated by the fact that there were no clear rules in accordance with which the throne was to be inherited.
Synonyms for the word coup
There are many synonyms, among them the following are most known:
- half turn;
- flask;
- turn;
- coup;
- wheel;
- Sun;
- somersault-mortal;
- somersault;
- somersault;
- flipping;
- rondad;
- somersault;
- breakthrough;
- turn;
- the change;
- audit;
- transformation;
- transformation;
- metamorphosis;
- modification;
- rebirth;
- revision;
- perturbation;
- tipping over;
- the crisis;
- fracture;
- breaking up;
- cataclysm;
- putsch;
- revolution;
- pronuniamento.
Since the word under study has many shades of meaning, its synonyms relate to different areas. For convenience, they are arranged in the order corresponding to the sequence of interpretations of the term described above.