Definition of abacus in English:

abacus

nounPlural abacuses ˈabəkəsˈæbəkəs

1A simple device for calculating, consisting of a frame with rows of wires or grooves along which beads are slid.
算盘
Example sentencesExamples
- The abacus, as we know it today, first made its appearance in 1200 A.D. in China, where it was called ‘suan-pan’.
- If we could build a fully functioning quantum computer, it would represent an advance on the traditional electronic computer as big as the electronic computer represents over the abacus.
- Numbers are better manipulated as calculus stones or abacus beads than in human memory.
- The imported toys on show at the ongoing exhibition range from fighters, space-ships and battle-ships and building-blocks to abacuses.
- They also had traditional toys such as an abacus, building bricks and fridge magnet numbers.
- This time a simpleton working an abacus could probably project the winner.
- Dr Jones believes they may have counted using the horizontal abacuses prevalent in other European nations.
- In the end, a computer is nothing more than a complicated abacus.
- Our eventual aim is to display the complete history of computing, from the abacus to the latest machines.
- Use a calculator, put pencil to paper, try an abacus.
- Another contributor brought an abacus, to signal the impact the moneymen are having on the industry.
- An abacus with 5 beads per wire will do quite nicely.
- Using an abacus can stimulate the nerves in the fingers.
- A young man sat against the wall doing calculation with an abacus and recording data onto paper.
- She gazed up at the sky while clutching a large abacus in her arms as if it were a musical instrument.
- The Akkadians invented the abacus as a tool for counting and they developed somewhat clumsy methods of arithmetic.
- At the same time, there has been a revival of interest in the ancient methods of calculation, especially the use of simple and unsophisticated gadgets such as the abacus.
- The new system may be simpler but you still need an abacus to work it out.
- But for millions of people in the countryside, the abacus is still more common than a laptop.
- An older method was to use a counting frame such as the abacus.
2Architecture
The flat slab on top of a capital, supporting the architrave.
〔建筑〕顶板
Example sentencesExamples
- The uppermost molding, or abacus, of this capital is 2.8 meters wide.
- The capital displays on three of its faces a single naked male dancer, whose head is positioned on the central axis, midway between volutes, as if to form a console supporting the abacus.
- The waterleaf is a broad, unribbed, tapering leaf curving up towards the angle of the abacus and turned in at the top.
- The abacus is between the architrave and the aechinus in the capital.

Origin

Late Middle English (denoting a board strewn with sand on which to draw figures): from Latin, from Greek abax, abak- 'slab, drawing board', of Semitic origin; probably related to Hebrew 'āḇāq 'dust'.

The abacus that we know today, with rows of wires along which slide beads, is an ancient object used by the Babylonians, Greeks, and Romans and is still found in many parts of the world. The earliest abacus was probably a board covered with sand, on which a clerk could draw figures and then rub them out again, and this was the original meaning in English. The word was borrowed from Latin, but came from Greek abax ‘board, slab, plate’, and probably ultimately from Hebrew ābāq ‘dust’.

Definition of abacus in US English:

abacus

nounˈæbəkəsˈabəkəs

1An oblong frame with rows of wires or grooves along which beads are slid, used for calculating.
算盘
Example sentencesExamples
- Use a calculator, put pencil to paper, try an abacus.
- She gazed up at the sky while clutching a large abacus in her arms as if it were a musical instrument.
- Using an abacus can stimulate the nerves in the fingers.
- Dr Jones believes they may have counted using the horizontal abacuses prevalent in other European nations.
- A young man sat against the wall doing calculation with an abacus and recording data onto paper.
- They also had traditional toys such as an abacus, building bricks and fridge magnet numbers.
- In the end, a computer is nothing more than a complicated abacus.
- An older method was to use a counting frame such as the abacus.
- The imported toys on show at the ongoing exhibition range from fighters, space-ships and battle-ships and building-blocks to abacuses.
- This time a simpleton working an abacus could probably project the winner.
- If we could build a fully functioning quantum computer, it would represent an advance on the traditional electronic computer as big as the electronic computer represents over the abacus.
- Another contributor brought an abacus, to signal the impact the moneymen are having on the industry.
- Numbers are better manipulated as calculus stones or abacus beads than in human memory.
- An abacus with 5 beads per wire will do quite nicely.
- The abacus, as we know it today, first made its appearance in 1200 A.D. in China, where it was called ‘suan-pan’.
- Our eventual aim is to display the complete history of computing, from the abacus to the latest machines.
- The Akkadians invented the abacus as a tool for counting and they developed somewhat clumsy methods of arithmetic.
- At the same time, there has been a revival of interest in the ancient methods of calculation, especially the use of simple and unsophisticated gadgets such as the abacus.
- The new system may be simpler but you still need an abacus to work it out.
- But for millions of people in the countryside, the abacus is still more common than a laptop.
2Architecture
The flat slab on top of a capital, supporting the architrave.
〔建筑〕顶板
Example sentencesExamples
- The capital displays on three of its faces a single naked male dancer, whose head is positioned on the central axis, midway between volutes, as if to form a console supporting the abacus.
- The uppermost molding, or abacus, of this capital is 2.8 meters wide.
- The waterleaf is a broad, unribbed, tapering leaf curving up towards the angle of the abacus and turned in at the top.
- The abacus is between the architrave and the aechinus in the capital.

Origin

Late Middle English (denoting a board strewn with sand on which to draw figures): from Latin, from Greek abax, abak- ‘slab, drawing board’, of Semitic origin; probably related to Hebrew 'āḇāq ‘dust’.

单词	abacus
释义	Definition of abacus in English: abacus nounPlural abacuses ˈabəkəsˈæbəkəs 1A simple device for calculating, consisting of a frame with rows of wires or grooves along which beads are slid. 算盘 Example sentencesExamples The abacus, as we know it today, first made its appearance in 1200 A.D. in China, where it was called ‘suan-pan’. If we could build a fully functioning quantum computer, it would represent an advance on the traditional electronic computer as big as the electronic computer represents over the abacus. Numbers are better manipulated as calculus stones or abacus beads than in human memory. The imported toys on show at the ongoing exhibition range from fighters, space-ships and battle-ships and building-blocks to abacuses. They also had traditional toys such as an abacus, building bricks and fridge magnet numbers. This time a simpleton working an abacus could probably project the winner. Dr Jones believes they may have counted using the horizontal abacuses prevalent in other European nations. In the end, a computer is nothing more than a complicated abacus. Our eventual aim is to display the complete history of computing, from the abacus to the latest machines. Use a calculator, put pencil to paper, try an abacus. Another contributor brought an abacus, to signal the impact the moneymen are having on the industry. An abacus with 5 beads per wire will do quite nicely. Using an abacus can stimulate the nerves in the fingers. A young man sat against the wall doing calculation with an abacus and recording data onto paper. She gazed up at the sky while clutching a large abacus in her arms as if it were a musical instrument. The Akkadians invented the abacus as a tool for counting and they developed somewhat clumsy methods of arithmetic. At the same time, there has been a revival of interest in the ancient methods of calculation, especially the use of simple and unsophisticated gadgets such as the abacus. The new system may be simpler but you still need an abacus to work it out. But for millions of people in the countryside, the abacus is still more common than a laptop. An older method was to use a counting frame such as the abacus. 2Architecture The flat slab on top of a capital, supporting the architrave. 〔建筑〕顶板 Example sentencesExamples The uppermost molding, or abacus, of this capital is 2.8 meters wide. The capital displays on three of its faces a single naked male dancer, whose head is positioned on the central axis, midway between volutes, as if to form a console supporting the abacus. The waterleaf is a broad, unribbed, tapering leaf curving up towards the angle of the abacus and turned in at the top. The abacus is between the architrave and the aechinus in the capital. Origin Late Middle English (denoting a board strewn with sand on which to draw figures): from Latin, from Greek abax, abak- 'slab, drawing board', of Semitic origin; probably related to Hebrew 'āḇāq 'dust'. The abacus that we know today, with rows of wires along which slide beads, is an ancient object used by the Babylonians, Greeks, and Romans and is still found in many parts of the world. The earliest abacus was probably a board covered with sand, on which a clerk could draw figures and then rub them out again, and this was the original meaning in English. The word was borrowed from Latin, but came from Greek abax ‘board, slab, plate’, and probably ultimately from Hebrew ābāq ‘dust’. Definition of abacus in US English: abacus nounˈæbəkəsˈabəkəs 1An oblong frame with rows of wires or grooves along which beads are slid, used for calculating. 算盘 Example sentencesExamples Use a calculator, put pencil to paper, try an abacus. She gazed up at the sky while clutching a large abacus in her arms as if it were a musical instrument. Using an abacus can stimulate the nerves in the fingers. Dr Jones believes they may have counted using the horizontal abacuses prevalent in other European nations. A young man sat against the wall doing calculation with an abacus and recording data onto paper. They also had traditional toys such as an abacus, building bricks and fridge magnet numbers. In the end, a computer is nothing more than a complicated abacus. An older method was to use a counting frame such as the abacus. The imported toys on show at the ongoing exhibition range from fighters, space-ships and battle-ships and building-blocks to abacuses. This time a simpleton working an abacus could probably project the winner. If we could build a fully functioning quantum computer, it would represent an advance on the traditional electronic computer as big as the electronic computer represents over the abacus. Another contributor brought an abacus, to signal the impact the moneymen are having on the industry. Numbers are better manipulated as calculus stones or abacus beads than in human memory. An abacus with 5 beads per wire will do quite nicely. The abacus, as we know it today, first made its appearance in 1200 A.D. in China, where it was called ‘suan-pan’. Our eventual aim is to display the complete history of computing, from the abacus to the latest machines. The Akkadians invented the abacus as a tool for counting and they developed somewhat clumsy methods of arithmetic. At the same time, there has been a revival of interest in the ancient methods of calculation, especially the use of simple and unsophisticated gadgets such as the abacus. The new system may be simpler but you still need an abacus to work it out. But for millions of people in the countryside, the abacus is still more common than a laptop. 2Architecture The flat slab on top of a capital, supporting the architrave. 〔建筑〕顶板 Example sentencesExamples The capital displays on three of its faces a single naked male dancer, whose head is positioned on the central axis, midway between volutes, as if to form a console supporting the abacus. The uppermost molding, or abacus, of this capital is 2.8 meters wide. The waterleaf is a broad, unribbed, tapering leaf curving up towards the angle of the abacus and turned in at the top. The abacus is between the architrave and the aechinus in the capital. Origin Late Middle English (denoting a board strewn with sand on which to draw figures): from Latin, from Greek abax, abak- ‘slab, drawing board’, of Semitic origin; probably related to Hebrew 'āḇāq ‘dust’.
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