comptometer
comptometer · comptometers
A mechanical or electromechanical calculatorA mechanical or electromechanical calculator; an adding machine without a crank, driven instead by keypress.
Meaning
1 sensesA mechanical or electromechanical calculator; an adding machine without a crank, driven instead by keypress.
Origin
Genericized trademark of Felt and Tarrant Manufacturing Company, apparently a blend of comGenericized trademark of Felt and Tarrant Manufacturing Company, apparently a blend of compute and meter (“measure”).
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Forms
plural: comptometers| Singular | comptometer |
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Word family
1 related wordsDerivedcomptometrist