Abacus
noun — Plural: Abaci, Abacuses
- 1.
- (a frame with parallel wires on which slide beads for counting) ក្បាច់, ឧបករណ៍គិតលេខពលរដ្ឋដែលប្រើភាសាចិនជប៉ុននិយមប្រើ
ENGLISH MEANING
noun — Plural: Abaci, Abacuses
- 1.
- A table or tray strewn with sand, anciently used for drawing, calculating, etc.
- 2.
- 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.
- 3.
- The uppermost member or division of the capital of a column, immediately under the architrave.
- 4.
- A tablet, panel, or compartment in ornamented or mosaic work.
- 5.
- A board, tray, or table, divided into perforated compartments, for holding cups, bottles, or the like; a kind of cupboard, buffet, or sideboard.