translation and definition "abacus", Dictionary English-Filipino online
pronunciation:
IPA: ˈæbəsai
/ˈæbəkəs/
ˈæbəkəs
Translations into Filipino:
abako
(Noun
)
calculating frame
abakus
(Noun
)
calculating frame
Other meanings:
A Greek and Latin board for calculating or playing.
uppermost member of the capital of a column
A board, tray, or table, divided into perforated compartments, for holding cups, bottles, or the like; a kind of cupboard, buffet, or sideboard.
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.
The cover plate of a column.
obsolete: tray of sand for calculating
(archaic) A tablet, panel, or compartment in ornamented or mosaic work.
(architecture) The uppermost member or division of the capital of a column, immediately under the architrave.
(obsolete) A table or tray strewn with sand, anciently used for drawing, calculating, etc.
