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comptometer

comptometer noun: a mechanical or electromechanical calculator; an adding machine without a crank, driven instead by keypress.

Noun

comptometer (plural comptometers)

  1. A mechanical or electromechanical calculator; an adding machine without a crank, driven instead by keypress.
    • Another was able to add up correctly the most complicated lists of figures in less time than a comptometer.1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 56

Forms of comptometer

pluralcomptometers

Origin of comptometer

Genericized trademark of Felt and Tarrant Manufacturing Company, apparently a blend of compute and meter (“measure”).

Words formed from comptometer

Questions about comptometer

What does comptometer mean?
Comptometer means a mechanical or electromechanical calculator; an adding machine without a crank, driven instead by keypress.
What part of speech is comptometer?
Comptometer is a noun.
What is the plural of comptometer?
The plural of comptometer is comptometers.

Words near comptometer in the dictionary

  1. compting-house
  2. compting-houses
  3. comptly
  4. comptograph
  5. comptographs
  6. comptometer
  7. comptometers
  8. comptometrist
  9. comptometrists
  10. Compton
  11. Compton and Shawford

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