Online dictionaryOnline dictionary
Synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation

  Home 		English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Abacus   /ˈæbəkəs/   Listen
Abacus

noun
(pl. E. abacuses; L. abaci)
1.
A tablet placed horizontally on top of the capital of a column as an aid in supporting the architrave.
2.
A calculator that performs arithmetic functions by manually sliding counters on rods or in grooves.





WordNet 3.0 © 2010 Princeton University


Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words


Share |
Add this dictionary
to your browser search bar




"Abacus" Quotes from Famous Books



... be regretted. The mouldings in both parts have, as is so usual in Normandy, an English look, which is quite unknown in France proper, and in the choir we find a larger use of the characteristic English round abacus. But, next to the lantern, the most striking thing in the interior of Coutances is certainly the sweep of the eastern aisles and chapels, where the interlacing aisles and pillars produce an effect of spaciousness which is not to be found in the main ...
— Sketches of Travel in Normandy and Maine • Edward A. Freeman


Words linked to "Abacus" :   tablet, calculating machine, calculator


Copyright © 2025 Dictionary One.com