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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Counter \Coun"ter\, n. {Over the counter} (Stock Exchanges), in an office; -- said of business so done as distinguished from that done at an exchange. [Cant] Counterglow \Coun"ter*glow`\, n. (Astron.) An exceedingly faint roundish or somewhat oblong nebulous light near the ecliptic and opposite the sun, best seen during September and October, when in the constellations Sagittarius and Pisces. Its cause is not yet understood. Called also {Gegenschein}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: gegenschein n : a faint patch of light in the night sky that appears opposite the sun; a reflection of sunlight by micrometeoric material in space [syn: {counterglow}]
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