Lexic.us

Definition of Counting

1. Noun. The act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order. "The counting continued for several hours"

Definition of Counting

1. Verb. (present participle of count) ¹

2. Noun. A count; the act by which something is counted. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Counting

1. count [v] - See also: count

Lexicographical Neighbors of Counting

Literary usage of Counting

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1881)
"counting four. Each fan held against left shoulder by left hand, ... counting four. Waving fan in the ordinary way, but with two flutters to a count—making ..."

2. Clinical Hematology: A Practical Guide to the Examination of the Blood with by John C. DaCosta (1901)
"In a 1 : 200 dilution of normal blood this involves the counting of ... Furthermore, there is an undoubted advantage in counting both the red and the white ..."

3. Primitive Culture: Researches Into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy by Sir Edward Burnett Tylor (1891)
"THE ART OF counting. Ideas of Number derived from experience—State of Arithmetic among uncivilized races—Small extent of Numeral-words among low tribes— ..."

4. Laboratory Manual in General Microbiology by Dept. of Bacteriology and Public Health, Michigan, Michigan Agricultural College, Michigan State University, East Lansing Agricultural College, Dept. of Bacteriology and Hygiene (1916)
"Jeffer's counting plate; black glass plate or cardboard; tripod counting lens ... In Jeffer's counting plate (see illustration) each division has an area of ..."

5. Anthropology: An Introduction to the Study of Man and Civilization by Edward Burnett Tylor (1904)
"Science, — counting and Arithmetic, — Measuring and Weighing, ... And as it has been especially through counting and measuring that scientific methods have ..."

6. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1905)
"An interesting practical question is that of the most economical manner of counting. counting by twos was felt to be a little more difficult than counting ..."

7. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Preserve and protect, THINK ABOUT GAMMA counting. ... Those are the highlights of our gamma-counting story. For the full details, call your Nuclear-Chicago ..."

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