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Slide rule   /slaɪd rul/   Listen
Slide rule

noun
1.
Analog computer consisting of a handheld instrument used for rapid calculations; have been replaced by pocket calculators.  Synonym: slipstick.





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"Slide rule" Quotes from Famous Books



... the application of the ballistic table. A slide rule should be used for the arithmetical operations, as it works to ...
— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 - "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" • Various
... and took out my notebook and pencil, and laid my pocket slide rule in front of me. I always put the slide rule out where the inventor can see it to remind him that he is talking to another technical man, not just a lawyer. This helps make him stick to the facts. I didn't need the rule with Callahan, but ...
— The Professional Approach • Charles Leonard Harness


Words linked to "Slide rule" :   analogue computer, analog computer


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