SLIDE RULE


Meaning of SLIDE RULE in English

noun

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All of them will make either a slide rule or an abacus as a way of presenting how number sets work.

Greatly skilled at plotting the heavens and working things out on the old slide rule .

The slide rule , the calculating machine, and the computer are the enemies of the arithmetic mind.

There were several colors of pencils, even a slide rule , at which she was frowning.

They are not activities which can be accomplished with a slide rule or computer or calculator.

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