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Counter machine, a subclass of register machines; Counter (digital), an electronic device, mechanical device, or computer program for counting; Loop counter, the variable that controls the iterations of a loop; Jeton, a reckoning counter used on reckoning boards for calculations; Mechanical counter, a digital counter using mechanical components
The counter for rabbits is -wa (羽), which is the same as the counter for birds species. Usually, -hiki (匹) is used for "small-to-medium-size animals", [10] therefore, the counter for rabbits is an exception. There are many theories about why -wa (羽) is used for rabbits instead of -hiki (匹).
The term measure word is also sometimes used to refer to numeral classifiers, which are used with count nouns in some languages. For instance, in English no extra word is needed when saying "three people", but in many East Asian languages a numeral classifier is added, just as a measure word is added for uncountable nouns in English. For example:
The anticlockwise or counterclockwise direction. Widdershins (sometimes withershins, widershins or widderschynnes) is a term meaning to go counter-clockwise, anti-clockwise, or lefthandwise, or to walk around an object by always keeping it on the left.
The more common word for the Flip nowadays. A short shot from over the table close to the net played in a looping style or flat hit. Can include sidespin component when played from the backhand, when played as banana flick. The term banana refers to the movement of the racket when swinging the backhand mainly with wrist and forearm. Flip
In Blake Lively’s bombshell sexual harassment complaint against Justin Baldoni, the fixers are now part of the problem. On top of the laundry list of accused misconduct on the set of the film ...
Mining: a siege method used since antiquity against a walled city, fortress or castle, where tunnels are dug to undermine the foundations of the walls; also see counter-mine. Outwork: a minor defence, built or established outside the principal fortification limits, detached or semidetached.
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