counterestimate
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]counterestimate (plural counterestimates)
- An estimate offered in response to another estimate, as being more accurate.
- 2021, Pierre Briant, From Cyrus to Seleukos, page 216:
- Specialists in military history and logistics have forever questioned Herodotus's figures, agreeing that they are unacceptable and proposing countless counterestimates.