"abac" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈeɪbæk/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Aika77-abac.wav [General-American] Forms: abacs [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (ábax)der. Latin abacusder. French abaquelbor. English abac Learned borrowing from French abaque, from Classical Latin abacus, from Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (ábax). Doublet of abacus and abaque. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:lbor|fr:abaque|nodot=1|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (ábax)der. Latin abacusder. French abaquelbor. English abac [Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "ἄβαξ", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "abacus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "abaque", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "abac", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="abac"> Learned borrowing from French abaque, {{lbor|en|la-cla|abacus|notext=1}} Classical Latin abacus, {{der|en|grc|ἄβαξ}} Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (ábax), {{doublet|en|abacus|abaque}} Doublet of abacus and abaque Head templates: {{en-noun}} abac (plural abacs)
  1. (mathematics) Synonym of nomogram. Synonyms: nomogram [synonym, synonym-of]

Inflected forms

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