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slide rule
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slide rule
n.
A device consisting of two logarithmically scaled rules mounted to slide along each other so that multiplication, division, and other more complex computations are reduced to the mechanical equivalent of addition or subtraction.
slide rule
n Obsolete
(Mathematics) 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
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Noun1.slide rule - analog computer consisting of a handheld instrument used for rapid calculationsslide rule - analog computer consisting of a handheld instrument used for rapid calculations; have been replaced by pocket calculators
slipstick
analog computer, analogue computer - a computer that represents information by variable quantities (e.g., positions or voltages)
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slide rule n (Math) → regolo calcolatore
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Using slide rules effectively meant that one should accumulate all the numbers in a calculation into the final, rather daunting looking expression that could then be resolved by some slick sliding to give the final solution to the problem.
Editorial by Falle, Judith / Australian Mathematics Teacher
Slide rules have become obsolete in recent years with the introduction of the electronic calculator.
Slide rules still rule! by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
Tesco, Archie Norman's well-funded vehicle Knutsford, and retail entrepreneur Philip Green are all casting their slide rules over the retailer.
City Slickers : Marks set for sell-off by Bhoyrul, Anil; Hipwell, James / The Mirror (London, England)
 
 
 
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