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Circular slide rule
Circular slide ruleA slide rule comprised of two thin plastic disks and a cursor, all attached to each other coaxially in a manner that allows them to be rotated independently. The bottom disk is larger than the top one and the various slide rule scales are printed near the peripheries of the two disks.circular slide rule
circular slide rule[′sər·kyə·lər ′slīd ‚rül] (mathematics) 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. ThesaurusSeeslide rule |