comptometer en · NOUN
Etymology
Genericized trademark of Felt and Tarrant Manufacturing Company, apparently a blend of compute and meter (“measure”).
Meanings
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A mechanical or electromechanical calculator; an adding machine without a crank, driven instead by keypress.
Another was able to add up correctly the most complicated lists of figures in less time than a comptometer.
1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 56:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| comptometers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |