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abacuses

 [ab-uh-kuhs, uh-bak-uhs]   Origin

ab·a·cus

   [ab-uh-kuhs, uh-bak-uhs]
noun, plural ab·a·cus·es, ab·a·ci  [ab-uh-sahy, -kahy, uh-bak-ahy] .
1.
a device for making arithmetic calculations, consisting of a frame set with rods on which balls or beads are moved.
2.
Architecture. a slab forming the top of the capital of a column.
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Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin: board, counting board, re-formed < Greek ábax
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abacus
late 14c., "sand table for drawing, calculating, etc.," from L. abacus, from Gk. abax (gen. abakos) "counting table," from Heb. abaq "dust," from root a-b-q "to fly off." Originally a drawing board covered with dust or sand that could be written on to do mathematical equations. Specific reference to
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a counting frame is 17c. or later.
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