slide rule

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.

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slide rule

Noun

a device formerly used to make mathematical calculations consisting of two strips, one sliding along a central groove in the other, each strip graduated in two or more logarithmic scales of numbers

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

slide rule - analog computer consisting of a handheld instrument used for rapid calculations; have been replaced by pocket calculators slipstick analog computer, analogue computer - a computer that represents information by variable quantities (e.g., positions or voltages)

Translations

slide rule n → regla de cálculo

slide rule n → règle f à calcul

slide rule slide n → Rechenschieber m

slide rule n → regolo calcolatore