Abacus vs Calculator - What's the difference?
abacus | calculator |
(obsolete) A table or tray strewn with sand, anciently used for drawing, calculating, etc. .
A calculating table or frame; an instrument for performing arithmetical calculations by balls sliding on wires, or counters in grooves, the lowest line representing units, the second line, tens, etc.
(architecture) The uppermost portion of the capital of a column, immediately under the architrave.
A board, tray, or table, divided into perforated compartments, for holding cups, bottles, or the like; a kind of cupboard, buffet, or sideboard.
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A mechanical or electronic device that performs mathematical calculations.
(dated) A person who performs mathematical calculation
A person who calculates (in the sense of scheming).
(obsolete) A set of mathematical tables.
In obsolete terms the difference between abacus and calculator
is that abacus is a table or tray strewn with sand, anciently used for drawing, calculating, etc. while calculator is a set of mathematical tables.abacus
English
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(en-noun)- I've heard merchants still use an abacus for adding things up in China.
