- adding machine
- ☆ adding machinen.a machine that automatically performs addition (and often subtraction, division, etc.) when certain keys are pressed
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Adding machine — See adding machine (disambiguation) for other uses of this term. An adding machine is a type of calculator, usually specialized for bookkeeping calculations.In the United States, the earliest adding machines were usually built to read in dollars… … Wikipedia
adding machine — noun a calculator that performs simple arithmetic functions • Syn: ↑totalizer, ↑totaliser • Hypernyms: ↑calculator, ↑calculating machine • Part Holonyms: ↑cash register, ↑register … Useful english dictionary
adding machine — n. to operate, use an adding machine * * * [ ædɪŋməˌʃiːn] use an adding machine to operate … Combinatory dictionary
Adding Machine (musical) — Adding Machine is a musical adaptation of Elmer Rice s play The Adding Machine , with music by Joshua Schmidt and libretto by Jason Loewith and Joshua Schmidt.The show opened in 2007 at the Next Theater in Illinois in a production directed by… … Wikipedia
Adding machine (disambiguation) — Adding machine could refer to:* Adding machine a form of calculator * The Adding Machine a play by Elmer Rice * Adding Machine a musical based on the play * a collection of writings by William S. Burroughs … Wikipedia
adding machine — Synonyms and related words: Comptometer, abacus, adding, analog computer, arithmograph, arithmometer, calculating machine, calculator, cash register, computation, counter, difference engine, digital computer, electronic computer, listing machine … Moby Thesaurus
adding machine — a machine capable of adding numbers and sometimes capable of performing the other arithmetic functions of subtraction, multiplication, and division: such machines are now obsolescent, having been replaced in most applications by electronic… … Universalium
adding machine — add′ing machine n. cmp a machine that adds numbers or performs other simple arithmetic operations • Etymology: 1870–75, amer … From formal English to slang
adding machine — add·ing ma·chine || ædɪŋ calculator, machine that makes calculations … English contemporary dictionary
adding machine — / ædɪŋ məˌʃi:n/ noun a machine which adds numbers … Dictionary of banking and finance
