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Abacus   /ˈæbəkəs/   Listen
Abacus

noun
(pl. E. abacuses; L. abaci)
1.
A tablet placed horizontally on top of the capital of a column as an aid in supporting the architrave.
2.
A calculator that performs arithmetic functions by manually sliding counters on rods or in grooves.





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"Abacus" Quotes from Famous Books



... Li Wan laughed. "I simply made one single remark, and out she came with two cartloads of nonsensical trash! You're as rough a diamond as a leg made of clay! All you're good for is to work the small abacus, to divide a catty and to fraction an ounce, so finicking are you! A nice thing you are, and yet, you've been lucky enough to come to life as the child of a family of learned and high officials. ...
— Hung Lou Meng, Book II • Cao Xueqin


Words linked to "Abacus" :   calculating machine, tablet, calculator


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