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Analog computer consisting of a handheld instrument used for rapid calculations
Answer for the clue "Analog computer consisting of a handheld instrument used for rapid calculations ", 9 letters:
slipstick
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context informal English) A slide rule.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. analog computer consisting of a handheld instrument used for rapid calculations; have been replaced by pocket calculators [syn: slide rule ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Slide rule \Slide" rule`\, n. a thin, flat calculating device consisting of a fixed outer piece and a movable middle piece. Both pieces are graduated in such a way (as, by a logarithmic scale) that multiplication, division, and other mathematical functions ...
Usage examples of slipstick.
He made a few quick calculations with his slipstick and jotted down the results on a pad on the arm of his spacechair.
I initially viewed Michael as a hapless turkey, with his slipstick hanging from a plastic holster on his belt.
Einstein Effect, which is altogether too hairy for a slipstick, I make it about fourteen months.
I had done my very damndest with a slipstick, but I did not mention that.
You know, slipsticks with beads, oldest digital computer, so far back in prehistory that nobody knows who invented.
Not that the boys aren't good, but slipsticks sometimes slip in more ways than one.
Not that the boys aren’t good, but slipsticks sometimes slip in more ways than one.