counter

One who counts.

He's only 16 months, but is already a good counter – he can count to 100.

A reckoner; someone who collects data by counting; an enumerator.

The basic idea is that the researcher conducting the transect (called the counter or enumerator) walks along a set path at certain intervals (hourly, daily, monthly, etc.) and tallies all instances of whatever is being surveyed.

An object (now especially a small disc) used in counting or keeping count, or as a marker in games, etc.

He rolled a six on the dice, so moved his counter forward six spaces.

A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations.

A variable, memory location, etc. whose contents are incremented to keep a count.

With a foreach block, you don't need to create an explicit counter variable.

Contrary, in opposition; in an opposite direction.

running counter to all the rules of virtue

In the wrong way; contrary to the right course.

a hound that runs counter

She hated being pregnant; it ran counter to everything she wanted from her body

Something opposite or contrary to something else.

A proactive defensive hold or move in reaction to a hold or move by one's opponent.

Always know a counter to any hold you try against your opponent.

The overhanging stern of a vessel above the waterline, below and somewhat forward of the stern proper.

The piece of a shoe or a boot around the heel of the foot (above the heel of the shoe/boot).

Seymour, sitting in an old corduroy armchair across the room, a cigarette going, wearing a blue shirt, gray slacks, moccasins with the counters broken down, a shaving cut on the side of his face […]

Alternative form of contra Formerly used to designate any under part which served for contrast to a principal part, but now used as equivalent to countertenor.