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1. Counter
   In marine terms, the counter is that part of the stern which overhangs the rudder.
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2. Counter
   [collectible card games] In collectible card games (CCG), particularly in the seminal CCG of Magic: The Gathering, a counter is, in game terms, a representation of an effect generated by a card that is in play or has already been played. In physical terms, it is an object that serves said pu...
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3. Counter
   [board wargames] Boardgame counters are usually small cardboard squares moved around on the map of a wargame to represent armies, military units or individual military personnel. The first modern mass-market wargame, based on cardboard counters and hex-board maps, was Tactics, invented by Ch...
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4. counter
   a piece of leather forming the back of a shoe.
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5. Counter
   [typography] In typography, a counter or aperture is an area entirely or partially enclosed by a letter form or a symbol (the counter-space/the hole of). Letters containing closed counters include A, B, D, O, P, Q, R, a, b, d, e, g, o, p, and q. Letters containing open counters include c, f,...
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6. counter
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7. Counter
   a small software application (written in perl, php etc) that counts the number of hits, unique visitors, and/or page views that a web page receives.
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8. counter
   [adv] - in the opposite direction 2. [n] - a person who counts things 3. [n] - (computer science) a register whose contents go through a regular series of states (usually states indicating consecutive integers) 4. [n] - the piece of leather that fits the heel 5. [n] - game equ...
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9. Counter
   Free Web service used to count the number of visits per page and/or per site.
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10. counter
    device indicating the number of loads which have moved on to the load receptor (movement counter) or indicating the number of the loads in each of the subgroups (division counters) Category: Mechanical engineering • wooden or metal board fixed horizontally either on legs or on a wall. Us...
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11. counter
    A device on a web page which shows the number of hits.
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12. Counter
    Coun'ter (koun't?r-). [ See Counter , adverb ] A prefix meaning contrary , opposite , in opposition ; as, counter act, counter balance, counter check. See Counter , adverb & adjective
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13. Counter
    Count'er noun [ Middle English countere , countour , a counter (in sense 1), Old French contere , conteor , from conter to count. See Count , transitive verb ] 1. One who count...
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14. Counter
    Coun'ter noun [ Middle English countour , Old French contouer , comptouer , French comptoir , Late Latin computatorium , prop., a computing place, place of accounts, from Latin computare . See Count , <...
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15. Counter
    Coun'ter adverb [ French contre , from Latin contra against. Confer Contra- .] 1. Contrary; in opposition; in an opposite direction; contrariwise; -- used chiefly with run or go . « Running counter...
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16. Counter
    Coun'ter adjective Contrary; opposite; contrasted; opposed; adverse; antagonistic; as, a counter current; a counter revolution; a counter poison; a counter agent; counter fugue. 'Innumerable facts attesting the co...
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17. Counter
    Coun'ter noun [ See Counter , adverb , Contra .] 1. (Nautical) The after part of a vessel's body, from the water line to the stern, -- below and somewhat forward of the stern proper. 2. (...
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18. Counter
    Coun'ter noun An encounter. [ Obsolete] « With kindly counter under mimic shade. Spenser. »
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19. Counter
    Coun'ter intransitive verb (Boxing) To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing. « His left hand countered provokingly. C. Kingsley. »
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20. Counter
    Coun'ter noun -- Over the counter (Stock Exchanges) , in an office; -- said of business so done, as distinguished from that done at an exchange. [ Cant]
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21. counter
    adverb in the opposite direction; `run counter`
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22. counter
    noun table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted
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23. counter
    noun a person who counts things
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24. counter
    verb speak in response; `He countered with some very persuasive arguments`
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25. counter
    noun a piece of leather forming the back of a shoe or boot; `a counter may be used to stiffen the material around the heel and to give support to the foot`
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