Usually means: Example that disproves a statement.
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  1. counterexample: Merriam-Webster
  2. counterexample: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. counterexample: Collins English Dictionary
  4. counterexample: Vocabulary.com
  5. counterexample: Wordnik
  6. counterexample: Wiktionary
  7. counterexample: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. counterexample: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. counterexample: Dictionary.com
  10. Counterexample: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. counterexample: Rhymezone
  12. counterexample: FreeDictionary.org
  13. counterexample: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. counterexample: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Counterexample: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics
  2. counterexample: PlanetMath Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (counterexample)

noun:  (logic) An example that counters a general rule; an exception to a general rule; a specific instance of the falsity of (and falsifiability of) any proposed universal applicability of a rule or statement.

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