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Bowmar Brain

Bowmar Brain noun: nickname for the Bowmar 901B, the first American-made pocket calculator.

Noun

Bowmar Brain (plural Bowmar Brains)

  1. Nickname for the Bowmar 901B, the first American-made pocket calculator.
    • The first one small enough to fit inside a shirt pocket was the Busicom LE-120A Handy, which was introduced in Japan in early 1971, followed months later by the Bowmar 901B, or “Bowmar Brain,” in the United States.2012 March 4, Alice Rawsthorn, “Farewell, Pocket Calculator?”, in The New York Times

Forms of Bowmar Brain

pluralBowmar Brains

Questions about Bowmar Brain

What does Bowmar Brain mean?
Bowmar Brain means nickname for the Bowmar 901B, the first American-made pocket calculator.
What part of speech is Bowmar Brain?
Bowmar Brain is a noun.
What is the plural of Bowmar Brain?
The plural of Bowmar Brain is Bowmar Brains.

Words near Bowmar Brain in the dictionary

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  7. Bowmar Brains
  8. bowmaster
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  10. bowmen
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