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2. Verb. (third-person singular of counter) ¹

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Definition of Counters

1. counter [v] - See also: counter

Lexicographical Neighbors of Counters

Literary usage of Counters

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

1. Intellectual Arithmetic: Upon the Inductive Method of Instruction by Warren Colburn (1891)
"How many complete rows of ten each can you make out of 32 counters? how many ... Answer: 3 complete rows of ten, and there will be two extra counters. ..."

2. American Journal of Education (1860)
"«ally addition and multiplication, Under the columns of counters lay a rale, ... When with the aid of the counters the children have learned to count, ..."

3. The American Journal of Education by Henry Barnard (1860)
"In teaching written arithmetic, I found the following use of counters ver)- ... After they had learned sufficiently well to count with the unit counters, ..."

4. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland by Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (1891)
"Shuffle-Board counters.—The set of counters now exhibited by the courtesy ... Two distinct sets of such counters are known to exist, both representing in a ..."

5. 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 (1874)
"The above picture exhibits the board with the counters set in order for ... Each player uses four counters of the same color, two dice, and one dice-cup. ..."

6. The Theory of Structures by Charles Milton Spofford (1915)
"counters. In pin trusses as commonly built in the United States the main diagonals are flat eye-bars which can carry little or no compression, and which are ..."

7. Engineer Field Manual by United States Army. Corps of Engineers, United States War Dept (1912)
"No other counters are required. The 10-panel truss requires counters in the same panels of % the strength of th. main diagonals. No other counters are ..."

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