Arithmometer
Translation of "arithmometer" into Russian
arithmometer
NounUK
/əˌrɪθˈmɒmɪtə/
US
/əˌrɪθˈmɑːmɪtər/
arithmometer
arithmometers pl
The arithmometer was one of the first mechanical calculators.
Арифмометр был одним из первых механических калькуляторов.
Definitions
arithmometer
NounUK
/əˌrɪθˈmɒmɪtə/
US
/əˌrɪθˈmɑːmɪtər/
A mechanical calculator used for performing arithmetic operations, especially addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
The arithmometer was one of the first calculating machines to be commercially successful in the 19th century.
Arithmometer
Proper nounA specific mechanical calculator invented by Charles Xavier Thomas de Colmar in 1820, regarded as the first commercially successful calculating machine.
Thomas de Colmar demonstrated the Arithmometer at the Exposition Universelle in Paris.