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abacuses
We have found lemma(root) word of abacuses : abacus.
Definitions
[ˈabəkəs], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a simple device for calculating, consisting of a frame with rows of wires or grooves along which beads are slid
(e.g: at these schools children worked on an abacus to learn basic mathematics)
- the flat slab on top of a capital, supporting the architrave
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Origin
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late Middle English (denoting a board strewn with sand on which to draw figures): from Latin, from Greek abax, abak- ‘slab, drawing board’, of Semitic origin; probably related to Hebrew 'āḇāq ‘dust’
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