Defenition of the word abacus
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Defenition of the word abacus
- A Greek and Latin board for calculating or playing.
- The cover plate of a column as an aid in supporting the architrave.
- 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
- a calculator that performs arithmetic functions by manually sliding counters on rods or in grooves
Hypernyms for the word abacus
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- calculating machine
- calculator
- tablet
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