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| ABACUS | |
| Form: Gr. abax, abakion. | |
| A counting-board, on which sums were worked for private and public accounts. The reckoning was done with counters lying on the board (calculi) or with beads sliding in vertical grooves (On the sideboard called Abacus, see |
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