counter
75
3.4
- noun
- /ˈkaʊntər/
- Specialized
:
contador
- Or a Geiger counter or something like that.
- increment the counter
- down counter
- a counter counts
It's a manual counter that I can reset.
- It's a manual counter that I can reset.
- The radar detect radiation detectors, Geiger counters is a machine that goes Bing.
Examples
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The performance counter measures how many tasks have been completed in the program.
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The problem with this one is that this lap counter here is not working.
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I run the performance counter to create my starting time.
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Well, if that counter is accurate, the public would seem to agree.
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It's a manual counter that I can reset.
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Early computers included a program counter that pointed to the current instruction.
Academic text (1994) -
A good teller is primarily a good counter.
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I can't find the Geiger counter.
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The Model PC2400PS particle counter monitors filter performance and optimizes water plant operations.
Academic text (1997) -
Bean and his car whizz through the ground floor, past perfume counters and leather glove racks.
Fiction book (1997)
Synonyms
2
7.0
A person who visits homes to count people and record information for a survey like a census
1
6.6
A device or program that counts and puts data into tables
1
8.9
A person who counts and records items like votes or goods
A person who counts things, for example votes or goods
A person who counts and writes down the number or weight of goods
A machine or program that adds up votes by itself in an election
Idioms
Compounds
- Offensive
9
7.4
A person who pays too much attention to small money details and misses the big picture
- Specialized
7
4.8
A device that detects and measures invisible radiation from radioactive materials
- Specialized
4
6.0
Stocks or bonds not listed on a stock market that dealers buy and sell
- Specialized
1
6.5
A share not listed on a stock exchange that is bought and sold through dealers
1
8.7
A movement in the Catholic Church in the 1500s to strengthen Catholic belief and practice after the Protestant Reformation
- Specialized
1
6.6
A market where people buy and sell shares directly by phone or computer
- Specialized
1
9.9
A private financial contract made between two parties, not traded on a public exchange
- Specialized
A blank check the bank gives you to get money when your personal checks are not available
- Specialized
A therapy method that teaches a calm response instead of fear to something
- Specialized
A device that detects radiation by counting particles in a tube filled with gas
- Specialized
Actions that stop enemy jamming of radios and radar
- Specialized
A device with a gas-filled tube that detects and measures radiation
A part of a store where staff sell small sewing items like buttons and thread
- Specialized
A device that detects and measures radiation by counting electric charges created inside a tube
- Specialized
A tube that detects radiation and gives an electrical signal showing how strong the radiation is
- Jargon
A person who cares too much about small unimportant details in a hobby or project
- Specialized
An investment like a stock or bond traded directly through dealers, not on a stock market
- Specialized
A device that makes tiny sparks when particles from radiation pass through it
How Complex
- Specialized
34
3.2
81
1.3
- Archaic
2
3.9
7
6.4
- Specialized
75
3.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word counter for a person or device that counts comes from the verb count, so a counter is simply someone or something that 'counts' numbers.