abaque

English

Etymology

French abaque. Doublet of abacus.

Noun

abaque (plural abaques)

nomogram

French

Etymology

From Latin abacus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.bak/
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Noun

abaque m (plural abaques)

(historical) an abacus for counting
Synonyms: boulier, boulier compteur
(architecture) the abacus of a column
(mathematics) a nomogram

Further reading

“abaque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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