slide rule

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noun

a device for performing mathematical calculations, consisting essentially of a ruler having a sliding piece moving along it, both marked with graduated, usually logarithmic, scales: now largely replaced by the electronic calculator.

Origin of slide rule

1655–65 for earlier sense; 1875–80 for current sense

Words nearby slide rule

Slidell, Slide Mountain, slide over, slider, slide rest, slide rule, slideshow, slide trombone, slide valve, slideway, sliding

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Example sentences from the Web for slide rule

I watched him copy the indicated figures, surround them with formulas, and solve mysterious problems with a slide-rule.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930|Various
This was a little rocket canister which had just enough poof, the slide-rule boys had said, to stop the rotation of the bird.
The Trouble with Telstar|John Berryman
The slide-rule (see Calculating Machines) is a simple apparatus for the mechanical application of the methods of logarithms.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5|Various
Seaton threw down the papers and picked up his slide-rule, a twenty-inch trigonometrical duplex.
Skylark Three|Edward Elmer Smith

Hoskins, there, he's going to be a slide-rule, jus' you wait and see.
Breaking Point|James E. Gunn

British Dictionary definitions for slide rule

slide rule

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

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	slide rule
释义	slide rule SEE SYNONYMS FOR slide rule ON THESAURUS.COM noun a device for performing mathematical calculations, consisting essentially of a ruler having a sliding piece moving along it, both marked with graduated, usually logarithmic, scales: now largely replaced by the electronic calculator. Origin of slide rule 1655–65 for earlier sense; 1875–80 for current sense Words nearby slide rule Slidell, Slide Mountain, slide over, slider, slide rest, slide rule, slideshow, slide trombone, slide valve, slideway, sliding Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for slide rule I watched him copy the indicated figures, surround them with formulas, and solve mysterious problems with a slide-rule. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, October, 1930\|Various This was a little rocket canister which had just enough poof, the slide-rule boys had said, to stop the rotation of the bird. The Trouble with Telstar\|John Berryman The slide-rule (see Calculating Machines) is a simple apparatus for the mechanical application of the methods of logarithms. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5\|Various Seaton threw down the papers and picked up his slide-rule, a twenty-inch trigonometrical duplex. Skylark Three\|Edward Elmer Smith Hoskins, there, he's going to be a slide-rule, jus' you wait and see. Breaking Point\|James E. Gunn British Dictionary definitions for slide rule slide rule 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 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to slide rule yardstick, rule, measure, straightedge, folding rule
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slide rule

noun

Origin of slide rule

Words nearby slide rule

Example sentences from the Web for slide rule

British Dictionary definitions for slide rule

noun obsolete

Words related to slide rule