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iswas

iswas noun: a kind of hand-held slide rule used for predicting the location of a target based on its current and recent positions.

Noun

iswas (plural not attested)

  1. (historical, no plural, slang) A kind of hand-held slide rule used for predicting the location of a target based on its current and recent positions.

Origin of iswas

From is + was, i.e. for calculating where the target will be based on where it is and was.

Questions about iswas

What does iswas mean?
Iswas means a kind of hand-held slide rule used for predicting the location of a target based on its current and recent positions.
What part of speech is iswas?
Iswas is a noun.

Words near iswas in the dictionary

  1. ISVs
  2. ISW
  3. Iswa
  4. ISWAP
  5. Iswara
  6. iswas
  7. ISWG
  8. Iswuhti
  9. ISWYDT
  10. ISWYM
  11. ISX

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