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abacus

[ ab-uh-kuhs, uh-bak-uhs ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural ab·a·cus·es, ab·a·ci [ab, -, uh, -sahy, -kahy, uh, -, bak, -ahy].

a device for making arithmetic calculations, consisting of a frame set with rods on which balls or beads are moved.
Architecture. a slab forming the top of the capital of a column.

abacus

/ ˈæbəkəs /

a counting device that consists of a frame holding rods on which a specific number of beads are free to move. Each rod designates a given denomination, such as units, tens, hundreds, etc, in the decimal system, and each bead represents a digit or a specific number of digits
architect the flat upper part of the capital of a column

Origin of abacus¹

1350–1400; Middle English < Latin: board, counting board, re-formed < Greek ábax

Origin of abacus¹

C16: from Latin, from Greek abax board covered with sand for tracing calculations, from Hebrew ābhāq dust

Thus, Goldman found them a willing buyer for the junk piled into Abacus.

But Abacus and similar deals were already sucking money out of Rhineland, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Every Asian capital is like a giant abacus, constantly calculating the relative power of competing states.

The height of the abacus is one seventh of the height of the capital.

The flowers on the four sides are to be made as large as the height of the abacus.

The abacus has a width equivalent to the thickness of the bottom of a column.

It is further distinguished by the use of the zero, which enabled the computer to dispense with the columns of the Abacus.

Our next idea would be to put a conical shaped stone beneath this abacus, to support its outer edge, as at b.

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