slide rule
Noun
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Noun
slide rule (plural slide rules)
- An analog calculator consisting of three interlocking strips marked with logarithmic scales, such that multiplication, division etc. can be performed by the equivalent of addition and subtraction.
- French: règle à calcul
- German: Rechenschieber
- Italian: regolo calcolatore
- Portuguese: régua de cálculo
- Russian: логарифми́ческая лине́йка
- Spanish: regla de cálculo
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