SLIDE RULE meaning: Analog computer for mathematical calculations

We found 23 dictionaries that define the word slide rule:

General (19 matching dictionaries)

slide rule: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
slide rule: Merriam-Webster
slide rule: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
slide rule: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
slide rule: Collins English Dictionary
slide rule: Vocabulary.com
slide-rule, slide rule: Wordnik
slide rule: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
slide rule: Wiktionary
slide rule: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
slide rule: Infoplease Dictionary
slide rule: Dictionary.com
Slide Rule (album), Slide-rule, Slide rule (disambiguation), Slide rule: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
slide rule: Rhymezone
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slide rule: Mnemonic Dictionary
slide rule: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)

slide rule: Computer Telephony & Electronics Dictionary and Glossary
Slide-rule, slide rule: Encyclopedia

Science (1 matching dictionary)

Slide Rule: Eric Weisstein's World of Mathematics

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

slide rule: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (slide rule)

▸ noun: An analog calculator consisting of three interlocking strips marked with logarithmic scales, such that multiplication, division etc. can be performed by the equivalent of addition and subtraction.

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metric, base, mete, proxy, unchecked, linear, offset, multiplex, analog, unit, half-duplex

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