adding machine

collocation in English

meaningsofADDandmachine

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add
noun[U]
uk
/ˌeɪ.diːˈdiː/us
/ˌeɪ.diːˈdiː/
abbreviation for Attention Deficit Disorder: a name used mainly in the 1980s for a condition in which someone, especially a child, is often in a state of activity or excitement and unable to direct their attention towards what they ...
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machine
noun[C]
uk
/məˈʃiːn/us
/məˈʃiːn/
a piece of equipment with several moving parts that uses power to do a particular type ...
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(Definition ofaddandmachinefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Since adding machines are minimal, such anaddingmachinehas to be equal to the closure of the trajectory of the turning point.
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A characterization ofaddingmachinemaps.
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I think it was a desiccatedaddingmachine.
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Suppose someone were considering buying anaddingmachineor a new filing system.
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So the totalisator can range from a few clerks armed with pencils and forms, and possibly anaddingmachine, to a most intricate electronic device.
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Management is being considered as if it were anaddingmachineat a check-out.
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Perhaps he brings him a dictionary from time to time, or hisaddingmachine.
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It contains the addressograph, theaddingmachine, in some cases printing presses, colossal typewriters, counting apparatus, stylographs and all manners of machinery, some of which is driven by electricity.
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The same technique works for subtracting on anaddingmachine.
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Theaddingmachinein the base was primarily provided to assist in the difficult task of adding or multiplying two multi-digit numbers.
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By 1915, otheraddingmachinecompanies were vying for business.
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After 25 years at his job, he discovers that he will be replaced by anaddingmachine.
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He continued to invent during those years and to find better ways to make anaddingmachine.
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Anaddingmachinewas a class of mechanical calculator, usually specialized for bookkeeping calculations.
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Those that could multiply, used a form of the oldaddingmachinemultiplication method.
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His 1914addingmachinehad the first now common place keyboard for 10-key calculators and numeric keypads.
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He conceptualised flying machines, an armoured vehicle, concentrated solar power, anaddingmachine, and the double hull, also outlining a rudimentary theory of plate tectonics.
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This was a full-featured calculator that included not only standardaddingmachinefunctions but also powerful capabilities to handle floating-point numbers, trigonometric functions, logarithms, exponentiation, and square roots.
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Adding machines are basic models for transitive maps with infinite decomposition ideals.
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A typical competition format allows competitors a fixed build time, using only a predetermined number of corrugated fiberboard sheets, glue,addingmachinetape, and paint.
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