calculating machine
NounSynonyms:
calculator
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Noun (1)
- a small machine that is used for mathematical calculations; can be mechanical or electronicSynonyms: calculatorType of machineKinds counter, adder, adding machine, subtracter, Napier's bones, hand calculator, quipu, abacus
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Calculating machine
a machine for the mechanical performance of mathematical operations, for the most part invented by Charles Babbage and G. and E. Scheutz. It computes logarithmic and other mathematical tables of a high degree of intricacy, imprinting the results on a leaden plate, from which a stereotype plate is then directly made.
From the entry Calculating.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54