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• slide rule — slide rules N COUNT A slide rule is an instrument that you use for calculating numbers. It looks like a ruler and has a middle part that slides backwards and forwards …   English dictionary

• slide rule — n an old fashioned instrument used for calculating numbers, that looks like a ruler and has a middle part that slides across …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• slide rule — slide ,rule noun count a simple piece of equipment like a RULER with a piece in the middle that slides along, used for calculating …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• slide rule — slide′ rule n. math. a mechanical calculator consisting of a ruler with a sliding section, both bearing logarithmic scales • Etymology: 1875–80 …   From formal English to slang

• slide rule — ► NOUN ▪ a ruler with a sliding central strip, marked with logarithmic scales and used for making rapid calculations …   English terms dictionary

• slide rule — n. a mechanical mathematical device consisting of a ruler with a central sliding piece, both parts being marked with various number scales: used to find square roots, logarithms, quotients, etc. rapidly …   English World dictionary

• slide rule — noun analog computer consisting of a handheld instrument used for rapid calculations; have been replaced by pocket calculators • Syn: ↑slipstick • Hypernyms: ↑analog computer, ↑analogue computer * * * noun : an instrument consisting in its simple …   Useful english dictionary

• slide rule — a device for performing mathematical calculations, consisting essentially of a ruler having a sliding piece moving along it, both marked with graduated, usually logarithmic, scales: now largely replaced by the electronic calculator. [1655 65 for… …   Universalium

• slide rule — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms slide rule : singular slide rule plural slide rules a simple piece of equipment like a ruler with a piece in the middle that slides along, used for calculating …   English dictionary

• slide rule — noun Date: 1663 a manual device used for calculation that consists in its simple form of a ruler and a movable middle piece which are graduated with similar logarithmic scales …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• slide rule — noun a ruler with a sliding central strip, marked with logarithmic scales and used for making rapid calculations …   English new terms dictionary