Abacus
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Abacus — est un éditeur de jeux de société allemand. Quelques jeux édités par Abacus Uisge, 1984, Roland Siegers, Spiel des Jahres plus beau jeu 1984 Lines of Action, 1988, Claude Soucie Andromeda, 1991, Alan R. Moon En Garde ou Duell, 1993, Reiner Knizia … Wikipédia en Français
Abacus — (Реджо ди Калабрия,Италия) Категория отеля: Адрес: Via Nino Bixio 11/B, 89127 Реджо ди Калаб … Каталог отелей
Abacus — Ab a*cus ([a^]b [.a]*k[u^]s), n.; E. pl. {Abacuses}; L. pl. {Abaci} ( s[imac]). [L. abacus, abax, Gr. a bax] 1. A table or tray strewn with sand, anciently used for drawing, calculating, etc. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. A calculating table or frame; … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
abacus — (n.) late 14c., sand table for drawing, calculating, etc., from L. abacus, from Gk. abax (gen. abakos) counting table, from Hebrew abaq dust, from root a b q to fly off. Originally a drawing board covered with dust or sand that could be written… … Etymology dictionary
Abăcus — (lat., vom gr.), 1) Tisch, worauf man Prunkgefäße setzte; 2) Rechenbret zu arithmetischen Berechnungen; daher Abacist, Rechenmeister; 3) Zahlentabelle, z.B. A. pythagoricus, das Einmaleins; A. logisticus (Canon hexacondaton), Tafel zur… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Abacus — er i arkitekturen en betegnelse for den øverste, kvadratiske del af et kapitæl (søjlehoved) … Danske encyklopædi
abacus — The normal plural is abacuses … Modern English usage
abacus — ► NOUN (pl. abacuses) ▪ a frame with rows of wires or grooves along which beads are slid, used for calculating. ORIGIN Greek abax slab, drawing board … English terms dictionary
abacus — [ab′ə kəs; ] occas. [ ə bak′əs] n. pl. abacuses or abaci [ab′əsī΄] [L < Gr abax (gen. abakos), counting board, slab] 1. a frame with beads or balls that can be slid on wires or in slots, for doing or teaching arithmetic 2. Archit. a slab… … English World dictionary
Abacus — For other uses, see Abacus (disambiguation). A Chinese abacus … Wikipedia
