adding machine

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adding machine (plural adding machines)

1. A simple mechanical or electromechanical calculator that performs simple calculations, such as addition or subtraction. It aids repetitive arithmetic, as compared with unaided human effort. It cannot do advanced functions like a scientific calculator can.

   Synonyms: totaliser, totalizer

   Hypernyms: calculator (sometimes coordinate, via a narrower sense) < machine, device

   Coordinate term: computer

   Near-synonyms: accounting machine, bookkeeping machine, tabulator

Related terms

• add value machine

Translations

simple calculator

German: Addiermaschine (de) f Italian: addizionatrice f, calcolo meccanico m Romanian: mașină de adunat mecanică f, calculator mecanic n

See also

• abacus
• arithmometer
• cash register
• comptometer
• Pascaline