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circular slide rule [1 record]

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Record 1 1999-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Office Equipment and Supplies
  • Calculating Procedures (Mathematics)
DEF

A slide rule in a circular form whose advantages over a straight slide rule are its precision, because it is equivalent to a straight slide rule many times longer than the circular slide rule's diameter, and ease of multiplication, because the scale is continuous.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et fournitures de bureau
  • Procédés de calcul (Mathématiques)
DEF

Type de règle à calcul comportant trois parties coulissantes et concentriques, où les échelles sont adaptées de telle façon que le résultat se trouve toujours au-dessus ou en-dessous des nombres sélectionnés du problème.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo y artículos de oficina
  • Métodos de cálculo (Matemáticas)
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