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calculating machine

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noun

  1. calculator.


Etymology

Origin of calculating machine

First recorded in 1700–10

Example Sentences

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Still, markets can be cold, calculating machines that move as investors try to position themselves for any outcome.

From Barron's

One of the world's first calculating machines will not go to auction as scheduled, France, after a Paris court provisionally blocked the historic item from being export.

From BBC

Christie's said Wednesday it was suspending the Paris auction of one of just a handful of examples of the world's first calculating machine, developed by French mathematician and inventor Blaise Pascal in 1642.

From Barron's

As I stepped into the room, I witnessed something that I’d never seen before: a couple of dozen Colored women sitting at desks, typing on Monroe or Friden desktop calculating machines.

From Literature

Because one can number these calculating machines, the computable numbers are necessarily countable.

From Scientific American