See: Geiger counter.

A stiff piece of material placed at the heel of a shoe between the lining and upper in order to retain the shape of the shoe.

"go against," late 14c., from Old French countre "facing opposite" (see counter-). Related: Countered; countering. As an adverb, from mid-15c.; as an adjective, from 1590s.

word-forming element meaning "against; in return; corresponding," from Anglo-French countre-, French contre-, from Latin contra "opposite, contrary to, against, in return," also us [..]

mid-14c., "table where a money lender does business," from Old French contouer, comptoir (14c.) "counting room, table of a bank," from Medieval Latin computatorium "place of a [..]

Any stone in the rings or touching the rings which is a potential point.

The back of the shoe, above the sole, that cradles the wearer's heel.

A general designation applied to radiation detection instruments or survey meters that detect and measure radiation. The signal that announces an ionization event is called a count. For related information, see Detecting Radiation.

in the opposite direction; "run counter" antagonistic: indicating opposition or resistance speak in response; "He countered with some very persuasive arguments&a [..]

A stiff piece of material (typically leather) used to maintain a shoe's shape, and which is inserted between the shoe's lining and upper materials.

In typography, an enclosed area within a letter, in uppercase, lowercase, and numeric letter forms.

A long cabinet top, shelf top, or other horizontal work surface of sufficient height to accommodate a person standing in front of it who wishes to transact business with the person standing or sitting [..]

See: Counting Online Usage of Networked Electronic Resources.

To dream of counters, foretells that active interest will debar idleness from infecting your life with unhealthful desires. To dream of empty and soiled counters, foretells unfortunate engagements which will bring great uneasiness of mind lest your interest will be wholly swept away.   

1 a : contrary : opposite [counterletter] b : opposing : retaliatory [counteraction] 2 : complementary : corresponding [countersign] 3 : duplicate : substitute [counterpart]

A device for measuring lengths of film by counting the number of frames.

In typography, the space in a letter or other character enclosed--either fully or partially--by the strokes of the character, as in the center of the letter “o”.

The press board or other kind of cardboard that is glued into the outside of the jacket into which scores are cut.

Project COUNTER (Counting Online Usage of NeTworked Electronic Resources) is an international initiative that attempts to provide a common framework for the collection and presentation of usage statis [..]

A general designation applied to radiation detection instruments or survey meters that detect and measure radiation. The signal that indicates an ionization event has been detected is called a count.

A general designation applied to radiation detection instruments or survey meters that detect and measure radiation. The signal that indicates an ionization event has been detected is called a count.

Counters are (usually) numerical counters displayed on some Internet web pages. Once set up, these counters will be incremented one every time the web page is retrieved (viewed on a web browser).

A number on many web pages that will count the number of hits or count the number of times the page has been accessed. Basically, it counts the number of people that have visited that page.

A counter is a program that counts and displays the number of visitors to a particular Web page.

(n) table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted(n) game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used for keeping a count or reserving a space in various card o [..]

At the stern of the boat, that portion of the hull emerging from below the water, and extending to the transom. Apr to be long in older designs, and short in more recent boats.

BORING HOLE SAW: When installing high performance large diameter valve springs, it's sometimes necessary to enlarge the spring bases on the head by using this type of tool.

A large loop (approximately 8" by 48") is concealed under a layer of earth in the center of the trail; impulses triggered by users passing over the loop are stored as counts in the unit's memory device.

Pressure-sensitive sensor plates or mats are buried in the trail; wires are connected to the counter unit concealed off-trail. The counter must be adjusted for both sensitivity and length of delay between readings; to avoid multiple counts for people, horses, or groups.

A Radiation Counter that uses a Radiation-counter tube, operated in the Geiger range, to detect and count ionizing particles. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed)

A device used for detecting or measuring Ionizing Radiation by counting the resulting ionizing events.

Any stone in or touching the house and is considered a potential point.

a projecting stern or the underside of the overhang of a stern Source: Maritime Curators Group: Manual of Curatorship

The part of a ship’s stern which overhangs the stern post.

The part of the stern above the waterline that extends beyond the rudder stock culminating in a small transom. A long counter increases the waterline length when the boat is heeled, so increasing hull [..]

The overhang of the stern above the waterline.

The overhang of the stern aft of the stern post. At the stern of the boat, that portion of the hull emerging from below the water, and extending to the transom.

The part of the stern aft of where it leaves the waterline

The part of the stern above the waterline that extends beyond the rudder stock culminating in a small transom. A long counter increases the waterline length when the boat is heeled, so increasing hull speed.

The part of the stern above the waterline that extends beyond the rudder stock culminating in a small transom. A long counter increases the waterline length when the boat is heeled, so increasing hull speed.

The part of the stern above the waterline that extends beyond the rudder stock, culminating in a smaller transom. A long counter increases the waterline length when the boat is heeled, so increasing h [..]

The overhang of the stern aft of the stern post. At the stern of the boat, that portion of the hull emerging from below the water, and extending to the transom.

A stimulus some dimension of which varies systematically with number of responses emitted, counted from the preceding reinforcement or some other marking event. FR + counter means reinforcement on FR [..]

A variable used to count the number of times an action has been performed counter variable

A forced/influenced change in the line of motion of a gameplay element by another gameplay element.

A play where the offense runs the ball in the opposite direction that the defense expects. Usually preceded by a fake in the opposite direction of the actual play.

A stone that is in a scoring position.

Checker

reduce the opponents' entry-creating possibilities by playing low on a high card or high on a low card (e.g., If North, dummy, holds ace-jack, and South, declarer, holds queen-ten, West, with kin [..]

  A card that acts to neutralize another card (usually an attack), whether directly (e.g., Moat) or indirectly (e.g., Library vs. Militia/Goons).

A cardstock or cardboard chit that represents a character or monster, generally used in conjunction with a battlemat. Counters are an alternative to miniatures.

a player who counts cards.

Creating cards from Arcane Dust. The cost to make a new card depends on its rarity. --D-- Damage

A reminder for the Players

A rock in the house that is in a scoring position.

Counters are elements counting the number of clock signals and outputting them as binary or decimal representation on the output pins. Examples: 4060: 14-step CMOS binary counter with internal oscillator circuit 7468: 2 asynchronous decimal counters

A counter category that counts objects by using the counter reading, depending on the selected application.

A counter category in the standard system within Account Management (FS-AM) that records the number of posting items for each account by using the counter reading. Payment transaction counters are upd [..]

The actual characteristic value of a counter type assigned to a contract.

A grouping together of counter types that are supplied with values in the same way.

Grouping together of similar counters.

A counter category managed in an external system outside of Account Management that records the number of any kind of values.

A service that counts the number of users who view a listing or page.

A device that counts input pulses. An IC or circuit that counts clock pulses [74190, 74191,74192 Logic Gates]. A Digital IC counter may either be a Decade counter or Binary counter. A piece of test eq [..]

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An object (now especially a small disc) used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games, etc. (He rolled a six on the dice, so moved his counter forward six spaces.) (curling) Any sto [..]

In software, a memory location used to store a count of certain occurrences. (2) In hardware, a circuit that counts events. See also event counter.