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pocket calculator

American  

noun

  1. an electronic calculator small enough to be carried on one's person.


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Value still works, but measuring it requires more than a pocket calculator.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 9, 2026

However, everything on which I try to make a phone call is anything but a mobile - a pocket calculator, a TV remote control… nothing can connect me to the present day.

From BBC Apr. 23, 2023

So, I grabbed my notebook and pocket calculator — well, smartphone calculator app — and got to work.

From Salon Nov. 7, 2021

He came to prominence in 1973 with the world’s first pocket calculator, before turning his sights and passions into transitioning the world of computers to the confines of the home.

From Washington Post Oct. 1, 2021

“Figure it out for yourself,” she said, flipping me a pocket calculator.

From "The Million Dollar Shot" by Dan Gutman

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