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noun
(formerly) a slide rule.
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Origin of sliding rule
First recorded in 1655–65
Words nearby sliding rule
slide valve, slideway, sliding, sliding fit, sliding friction, sliding rule, sliding scale, sliding seat, sliding vector, slier, sliest
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How to use sliding rule in a sentence
Thence back again, entertaining myself upon my sliding rule with great content, and called at Woolwich, where Mr. Chr.
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