Translation for 'abacus' from English to Russian

abacus

абак {м}ист.

abacus {sg}

счёты {мн}мат.

• The words "abacus" or "abaco" refers to calculations, especially the subject of direct calculations, and does not imply the use of an abacus.
• An abax was the predecessor to the abacus. Objects, such as stones, were added for counting and then columns for place-valued arithmetic.
• The abacus was initially used for arithmetic tasks.
• They use Lambek's name "abacus" but follow Melzak's pebble-in-holes model, modified by them to a 'stones-in-boxes' model.
• Division can be calculated with an abacus.

• The symbols for 5 to 9 are derived from those for 0 to 4 by adding a vertical bar on top, which is similar to adding an upper bead which represents a value of 5 in an abacus.
• Romanesque doorways have a character form, with the jambs having a series of receding planes, into each of which is set a circular shaft, all surmounted by a continuous abacus.
• The reconstruction of a Roman hand abacus in the Cabinet, supports this.
• One is the toggle-type abacus wherein flip switches are used instead of beads.
• ... born 23 February 1963) is a South Korean abacus master.

• Tartaglia exemplified and eventually transcended the abaco tradition that had flourished in Italy since the twelfth century, a tradition of concrete commercial mathematics taught at abacus schools maintained by communities of merchants.
• The Chinese also invented a more sophisticated abacus from around the 2nd century BC known as the Chinese abacus.