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suanpans

suanpans is the plural of suanpan.

Meaning of suanpan

Noun

suanpan (plural suanpans)

  1. A Chinese abacus with two beads on each rod in the upper deck and five beads on each rod in the bottom deck.
    • The number of rods in the traditional suanpan is usually odd, and never less than nine.2014, Yoshihide Igarashi, Tom Altman, Mariko Funada, Barbara Kamiyama, Computing: A Historical and Technical Perspective, page 64

Questions about suanpans

What is suanpans the plural of?
Suanpans is the plural of suanpan.

Words near suanpans in the dictionary

  1. suan-pan
  2. suan-pans
  3. Suanen
  4. suanite
  5. suanpan
  6. suanpans
  7. suant
  8. Suao
  9. Suares
  10. Suareses
  11. Suarez

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