Counter (adv.) A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition |
Counter (v. t.) One who counts, or reckons up |
Counter (v. t.) A piece of metal, ivory, wood, or bone, used in reckoning, in keeping account of games, etc. |
Counter (v. t.) Money |
Counter (v. t.) A prison |
Counter (v. t.) A telltale |
Counter (v. t.) A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted |
Counter (adv.) Contrary |
Counter (adv.) In the wrong way |
Counter (adv.) At or against the front or face. |
Counter (a.) Contrary |
Counter (adv.) The after part of a vessel's body, from the water line to the stern, -- below and somewhat forward of the stern proper. |
Counter (adv.) Same as Contra. Formerly used to designate any under part which served for contrast to a principal part, but now used as equivalent to counter tenor. |
Counter (adv.) The breast, or that part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck. |
Counter (adv.) The back leather or heel part of a boot. |
Counter (n.) An encounter. |
Counter (v. i.) To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing. |
Counter brace () The brace of the fore-topsail on the leeward side of a vessel. |
Counter brace () A brace, in a framed structure, which resists a strain of a character opposite to that which a main brace is designed to receive. |
Counter-compony (a.) See Compony. |
Counter-couchant (a.) Lying down, with their heads in opposite directions |
Counter-courant (a.) Running in opposite directions |
Counter-paly (a.) Paly, and then divided fesswise, so that each vertical piece is cut into two, having the colors used alternately or counterchanged. Thus the escutcheon in the illustration may also be blazoned paly of six per fess counterchanged argent and azure. |
Counter-roll (n.) A duplicate roll (record or account) kept by an officer as a check upon another officer's roll. |
Counter-salient (a.) Leaping from each other |
Counter tenor () One of the middle parts in music, between the tenor and the treble |
Counter weight (n.) A counterpoise. |
Hunt-counter (n.) A worthless dog that runs back on the scent |
Revolution (n.) The act of revolving, or turning round on an axis or a center |
Revolution (n.) Return to a point before occupied, or to a point relatively the same |
Revolution (n.) The space measured by the regular return of a revolving body |
Revolution (n.) The motion of any body, as a planet or satellite, in a curved line or orbit, until it returns to the same point again, or to a point relatively the same |
Revolution (n.) The motion of a point, line, or surface about a point or line as its center or axis, in such a manner that a moving point generates a curve, a moving line a surface (called a surface of revolution), and a moving surface a solid (called a solid of revolution) |
Revolution (n.) A total or radical change |
Revolution (n.) A fundamental change in political organization, or in a government or constitution |
counterpunch parry counter | a return punch (especially by a boxer) |
revolution | the overthrow of a government by those who are governed |
counter-sabotage | counterintelligence designed to detect and counteract sabotage |
American Revolution American Revolutionary War War of American Independence American War of Independence | the revolution of the American Colonies against Great Britain, - |
Chinese Revolution | the republican revolution against the Manchu dynasty in China, - |
Cuban Revolution | the revolution led by Fidel Castro and a small band of guerrilla fighters against a corrupt dictatorship in Cuba, - |
English Revolution Glorious Revolution Bloodless Revolution | the revolution against James II, there was little armed resistance to William and Mary in England although battles were fought in Scotland and Ireland (-) |
French Revolution | the revolution in France against the Bourbons, - |
Mexican Revolution | a revolution for agrarian reforms led in northern Mexico by Pancho Villa and in southern Mexico by Emiliano Zapata (-) |
Russian Revolution February Revolution | the revolution against the czarist government which led to the abdication of Nicholas II and the creation of a provisional government in March |
Russian Revolution October Revolution | the coup d'etat by the Bolsheviks under Lenin in November that led to a period of civil war which ended in victory for the Bolsheviks in |
boron counter tube | a proportional counter tube for counting neutrons |
buffet counter sideboard | a piece of furniture that stands at the side of a dining room, has shelves and drawers |
checkout checkout counter | a counter in a supermarket where you pay for your purchases |
counter | table consisting of a horizontal surface over which business is transacted |
counter tabulator | a calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens |
counter heel counter | 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 |
counter | game equipment (as a piece of wood, plastic, or ivory) used for keeping a count or reserving a space in various card or board games |
counter | (computer science) a register whose contents go through a regular series of states (usually states indicating consecutive integers) |
counter tube | a measuring instrument for counting individual ionizing events |
crystal counter | a counter tube in which an ionizing event increases conductivity |
Geiger counter Geiger-Muller counter | counter tube that detects ionizing radiations |
meat counter | counter where meats are displayed for sale |
notions counter | counter where notions are sold |
proportional counter tube proportional counter | counter tube whose output pulse is proportional to number of ions produced |
pulse counter | an electronic counter that counts the number of electric pulses |
scintillation counter | counter tube in which light flashes when exposed to ionizing radiation |
snack bar snack counter buffet | usually inexpensive bar |
spark chamber spark counter | an instrument that detects ionizing radiation from elementary particles |
counter conditioning | conditioning in which a second incompatible response is conditioned to an already conditioned stimulus, counter conditioning lies behind many of the procedures used in behavior therapy |
rejoinder retort return riposte replication comeback counter | a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one), it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher |
revolution | a drastic and fareaching change in ways of thinking and behaving, the industrial revolution was also a cultural revolution |
Cultural Revolution Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution | a radical reform in China initiated by Mao Zedong in and carried out largely by the Red Guard, intended to eliminate counterrevolutionary elements in the government it resulted in purges of the intellectuals and socioeconomic chaos |
green revolution | the introduction of pesticides and high-yield grains and better management during the s and s which greatly increased agricultural productivity |
rotation revolution gyration | a single complete turn (axial or orbital), the plane made three rotations before it crashed, the revolution of the earth about the sun takes one year |
Counter Reformation | the reaction of the Roman Catholic Church to the Reformation reaffirming the veneration of saints and the authority of the Pope (to which Protestants objected), many leaders were Jesuits |
bean counter | an accountant or bureaucrat who is believed to place undue emphasis on the control of expenditures |
counter | a person who counts things |
teller vote counter | an official appointed to count the votes (especially in legislative assembly) |
counter check | a blank check provided by a bank for the convenience of customers who are making withdrawals |
unlisted security over the counter security OTC security | a security traded in the over-theounter market |
over the counter stock OTC stock unlisted stock | stock that is not listed and traded on an organized exchange |
spheroid ellipsoid of revolution | a shape that is generated by rotating an ellipse around one of its axes, it looked like a sphere but on closer examination I saw it was really a spheroid |
Industrial Revolution technological revolution | the transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nation |
counter | speak in response, He countered with some very persuasive arguments |
counter-drill | drill in an opposite direction |
anticipate foresee forestall counter | act in advance of, deal with ahead of time |
under-the-counter | done or sold illicitly and secretly, |
over-the-counter otc | (of securities) not traded on a stock exchange, over-the-counter stocks |
antagonistic counter | indicating opposition or resistance |