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abacus /ˈabəkəs/
▶noun (pl. abacuses)
- 1 a frame with rows of wires or grooves along which beads are slid, used for calculating.
- 2 Architecture the flat slab on top of a capital, supporting the architrave.
– origin ME: from L., from Gk abax, abak- ‘slab, drawing board’, of Semitic origin.
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