sliding rule
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sliding rule
First recorded in 1655–65
Example Sentences
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He went to the desk and found the sliding rule and tape.
From Jonah by Louis Stone
Abroad to find out one to engrave my tables upon my new sliding rule with silver plates, it being so small that Browne that made it cannot get one to do it.
From The Diary of Samuel Pepys by Richard Griffin, Baron Braybrooke
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