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单词 quipu
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quipu
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quipu: quipus
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Quipus were knotted ropes invented by the Incas to keep records in their vast storage houses.
Seattle Times(Jun 02, 2011)
Thoroughly interested, Eric took up a pile of colored strings, from the corner and started to convert his week's accounting into quipu.
Rolt-Wheeler, Francis, The Boy With the U. S. Life-Savers(2010)
Other methods were knots, ordinarily known by the name quipus which they bear among the ancient Peruvians.
Hamilton, Frederick W. (Frederick William), Books Before Typography—A Primer o...(2010)
n calculator consisting of a cord with attached cords; used by ancient Peruvians for calculating and keeping records
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calculating machine, calculator
a small machine that is used for mathematical calculations
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