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Word: Abacus
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English (denoting a board strewn with sand on which to draw figures): from Latin, from Greek abax, abak- ‘slab, drawing board’, of Semitic origin; probably related to Hebrew 'āḇāq ‘dust’
ˈabəkəs
a simple device for calculating, consisting of a frame with rows of wires or grooves along which beads are slid
Short Definition:simple device for calculating
Examples:- at these schools children worked on an abacus to learn basic mathematics
- some types of abacus have four beads below the bar, and only one above, on each vertical rod
the flat slab on top of a capital, supporting the architrave.
Short Definition:flat slab on top of capital
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