pocket calculator
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpocketandcalculator
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pocket
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈpɒk.ɪt/us/ˈpɑː.kɪt/
used to describe something that is small enough to put in your pocket, or that you regularly carry in ...
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calculator
noun[C]
uk/ˈkæl.kjə.leɪ.tər/us/ˈkæl.kjə.leɪ.t̬ɚ/
a small electronic device that is used for ...
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(Definition ofpocketandcalculatorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The book teaches how to solve astronomical calculations with apocketcalculator.
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This calculator provided functionality that was revolutionary for apocketcalculatorat that time.
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Not every human act can be priced with apocketcalculator.
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I had apocketcalculatorwith me at the hearing and thought that the sum looked strange.
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I discovered that the batteries in mypocketcalculator, which is of the same make, had run out during the recess.
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I have played with figures, as can any student with access to apocketcalculatorand a minute to spare.
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If one uses apocketcalculatorand multiplies those figures, we may conclude that millions of working days are lost annually through back pain.
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I do not know whether apocketcalculatorhas been invented to work in imperial units.
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That exercise is not at all difficult for those of us with a mathematical turn of mind and apocketcalculator.
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Hi-fi was for experts with soldering irons, and the onlypocketcalculatorwas a slide rule.
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So far as the poor lodging-house keeper is concerned, there is such a thing as apocketcalculator.
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A milk roundsman would have to carry apocketcalculatorwith him.
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A four-functionpocketcalculatorhas dropped in price front £50 to £5.
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Consumer protection disappears when the shopper needs either a degree in mathematics or apocketcalculatorin order to make value for money comparisons.
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He is particularly rewarded if he foresees it and produces, say, apocketcalculatorin place of an abacus; or even, these days, produces a pocket computer.
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Not without notice and not without apocketcalculator.
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I have used apocketcalculatorin a number of ways, but have found it impossible to imagine a smaller authority on which all the differing interests are properly represented.
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Without an indication of the unit price, it is extremely difficult for the consumer to compare the prices of such products—at least, without the benefit of apocketcalculator.
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Nowadays, many say apocketcalculatoris faster.
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In order to flatten the steep learning curve aqion provides an introduction to fundamental water-related topics in form of a chemicalpocketcalculator.
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When we call up thepocketcalculatorfunction on a desktop computer, the image of apocketcalculatorappears on the screen.
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The question is, is the human mind like thepocketcalculator, essentially composed of information?
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