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US
/ˈæbəkəs/
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[ UK /ˈæbækəs/ ]
[ UK /ˈæbækəs/ ]
NOUN
- a calculator that performs arithmetic functions by manually sliding counters on rods or in grooves
- a tablet placed horizontally on top of the capital of a column as an aid in supporting the architrave
How To Use abacus In A Sentence
- But that position did not arise because of Abacus 2007 - AC 1 .
- Hanuman snapped his finger and began spinning red beads around the wires of the abacus. THE BROKEN GOD
- After that, there was only the sound of clicking abacus beads and the rustle of papers.
- The room was very quiet. Even the sound of the abacus was stilled.
- Using an abacus can stimulate the nerves in the fingers.
- The abacus was also a way for the skeptical abacist to check the calculator’s result, just in case he didn’t believe it. HERE’S LOOKING AT EUCLID
- If you put it down there, where the abacus is the machine's computer would simple take charge of it and offer you lots of nice user-friendly time-travel applications complete with pull-down menus and desk accessories if you like. Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
- The Romans also made a mechanical version, with beads sliding in slots, called an abacus. HERE’S LOOKING AT EUCLID
- In architecture, one of the Greek orders, characterized by columns with no base, with a capital consisting of annulets (necing grooves), an echinus and an abacus.
- All of them will make either a slide rule or an abacus as a way of presenting how number sets work.
