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Slide Rule

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Noun

1. slide rule, slipstick

analog computer consisting of a handheld instrument used for rapid calculations; have been replaced by pocket calculators

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Slide Rule

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noun obsolete
a mechanical calculating device consisting of two strips, one sliding along a central groove in the other, each strip graduated in two or more logarithmic scales of numbers, trigonometric functions, etc. It employs the same principles as logarithm tables

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Slide Rule

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a mechanical mathematical device consisting of a ruler with a central sliding piece, both parts being marked with various number scales: used to find square roots, logarithms, quotients, etc. rapidly

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Slide Rule

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n.
A device consisting of two logarithmically scaled rules mounted to slide along each other so that multiplication, division, and other more complex computations are reduced to the mechanical equivalent of addition or subtraction.

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