Comptometern.

/kɒm(p)ˈtɒmɪtə/

Forms: Also comptometer.

Etymology: apparently < French compte count n.¹ + -ometer comb. form.

The proprietary name of a calculating-machine. Also attributive.

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society > computing and information technology > hardware > computer > [noun] > calculator

calculating machine1832

Comptometer1894

subtractor1914

calculator1946

programmable1964

society > computing and information technology > hardware > computer > [noun] > calculator > proprietary

Comptometer1894

1894 Times 19 Mar. 13/5 The comptometer..is a machine specially adapted for subtraction, multiplication and division.

1894 Work 24 Mar. 151 Burroughs' accountant and comptometer.

1904 Engin. Mag. July 612 The Comptometer is a key-operated machine for performing the four basic mathematical operations.

1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §939 Comptometer operator.

1929 B'ham Post 17 Aug. 3/6 (advt.) Comptometer operators... Comptometer school.

1935 Trade Marks Jrnl. 9 Oct. 1257 Comptometer, calculating machine. Felt & Tarrant Manufacturing Company..City of Chicago, State of Illinois.

1940 ‘N. Shute’ Landfall vii. 170 Plodding through endless computations with slide rule, graphs, and the little black comptometer.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	comptometer
释义	Comptometern. /kɒm(p)ˈtɒmɪtə/ Forms: Also comptometer. Etymology: apparently < French compte count n.¹ + -ometer comb. form. The proprietary name of a calculating-machine. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > hardware > computer > [noun] > calculator calculating machine1832 Comptometer1894 subtractor1914 calculator1946 programmable1964 society > computing and information technology > hardware > computer > [noun] > calculator > proprietary Comptometer1894 1894 Times 19 Mar. 13/5 The comptometer..is a machine specially adapted for subtraction, multiplication and division. 1894 Work 24 Mar. 151 Burroughs' accountant and comptometer. 1904 Engin. Mag. July 612 The Comptometer is a key-operated machine for performing the four basic mathematical operations. 1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §939 Comptometer operator. 1929 B'ham Post 17 Aug. 3/6 (advt.) Comptometer operators... Comptometer school. 1935 Trade Marks Jrnl. 9 Oct. 1257 Comptometer, calculating machine. Felt & Tarrant Manufacturing Company..City of Chicago, State of Illinois. 1940 ‘N. Shute’ Landfall vii. 170 Plodding through endless computations with slide rule, graphs, and the little black comptometer. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1894
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