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What is the difference between uppermost and abacus?

uppermost | abacus |

As a adjective uppermost

is at, or nearest the top of something.

As a adverb uppermost

is in the highest position.

As a noun abacus is

{{context|obsolete|lang=en}} a table or tray strewn with sand, anciently used for drawing, calculating, etc {{defdate|attested from around 1350 (1387) until around 1470}}{{reference-book | last = dobbie | first = elliott k | coauthors = dunmore, c william, et al | editor = barnhart, robert k| title = chambers dictionary of etymology | origyear = 1998 | year = 2004 | publisher = chambers harrap publishers ltd | location = edinburgh, scotland | isbn =0550142304 | pages = 2}}.

uppermost

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • At, or nearest the top of something.

    • Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • In the highest position.

    • abacus

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (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.
    • I've heard merchants still use an abacus for adding things up in China.
  • (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.

    • Derived terms

    * abacus harmonicus

    Related terms

    * abacist

    References

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