"abacus" Definition

Definitions for the word "abacus" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
A table or tray strewn with sand, anciently used for drawing, calculating, etc.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
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. It is still employed in China.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
The uppermost member or division of the capital of a column, immediately under the architrave. See Column.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
A tablet, panel, or compartment in ornamented or mosaic work.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
A board, tray, or table, divided into perforated compartments, for holding cups, bottles, or the like; a kind of cupboard, buffet, or sideboard.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
(pl. -cuses) 1 frame with wires along which beads are slid for calculating. 2 archit. Flat slab on top of a capital. [latin from greek from hebrew]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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