slide rule
noun
: a manual device used for calculation that consists in its simple form of a ruler and a movable middle piece which are graduated with similar logarithmic scales
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web It’s 13mm thick, with a bi-directional platinum bezel that sports a classic circular slide rule. 
Matthew Catellier, Forbes, 7 July 2022 Following the races within the race often requires the use of a calculator (or, for those Tour traditionalists, a slide rule). Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 5 Aug. 2022 The watch, known for being the choice of pilots throughout its 70-year history, is equipped with Breitling’s iconic bidirectional rotating bezel with a circular slide rule. Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 1 July 2022 Competition to get into Surge is tough – Anandan says the program has now run its slide rule over more than 10,000 potential entrants. David Prosser, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2022 By that time, small electronic calculators became affordable and quickly displaced both the Curta and the slide rule. Dan Falk, Ars Technica, 9 Dec. 2021 Rosol took inspiration the school’s shield and the patch its instructors wear, suggesting the colors, the stars, slide rule and orange flash in his scheme. Eric Tegler, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2021 This was before computer graphics or computer modeling, when architects and engineers worked on a drafting table with a T-square and slide rule. Stephen Wade, ajc, 25 July 2021 The old slide rule of ‘price versus quality’ has been digitally enhanced, adding new metrics such as transparency, safety and sustainability – which can be loosely grouped under the heading TRUST. Leanne Kemp, Forbes, 27 Apr. 2021 See More
Matthew Catellier, Forbes, 7 July 2022 Following the races within the race often requires the use of a calculator (or, for those Tour traditionalists, a slide rule). Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 5 Aug. 2022 The watch, known for being the choice of pilots throughout its 70-year history, is equipped with Breitling’s iconic bidirectional rotating bezel with a circular slide rule. Anthony Demarco, Forbes, 1 July 2022 Competition to get into Surge is tough – Anandan says the program has now run its slide rule over more than 10,000 potential entrants. David Prosser, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2022 By that time, small electronic calculators became affordable and quickly displaced both the Curta and the slide rule. Dan Falk, Ars Technica, 9 Dec. 2021 Rosol took inspiration the school’s shield and the patch its instructors wear, suggesting the colors, the stars, slide rule and orange flash in his scheme. Eric Tegler, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2021 This was before computer graphics or computer modeling, when architects and engineers worked on a drafting table with a T-square and slide rule. Stephen Wade, ajc, 25 July 2021 The old slide rule of ‘price versus quality’ has been digitally enhanced, adding new metrics such as transparency, safety and sustainability – which can be loosely grouped under the heading TRUST. Leanne Kemp, Forbes, 27 Apr. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1663, in the meaning defined above