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adding machines

adding machines is the plural of adding machine.

Meaning of adding machine

Noun

adding machine (plural adding machines)

  1. A simple mechanical or electromechanical calculator that performs simple calculations, such as addition or subtraction. It aids repetitive arithmetic, as compared with unaided human effort. It cannot do advanced functions like a scientific calculator can.
    • Near-synonyms: accounting machine, bookkeeping machine, tabulator

Questions about adding machines

What is adding machines the plural of?
Adding machines is the plural of adding machine.

Words near adding machines in the dictionary

  1. adding fuel to fire
  2. adding fuel to the fire
  3. adding fuel to the flame
  4. adding in quadrature
  5. adding machine
  6. adding machines
  7. adding oil
  8. adding on
  9. adding one's twopenn'orth
  10. adding salt to injury
  11. adding to the list

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