counting rod en · NOUN
Etymology
Calque from Chinese 算籌／算筹 (suànchóu).
Meanings
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One of a set of small bars, used by mathematicians in some Asian countries, placed either horizontally or vertically to represent any number and any fraction.
In recent archaeological excavations a number of ancient counting-rods have been unearthed. More than 30 rods were found in August 1971 in Qianyang County of Shaanxi Province.
[1983, Rongzhao Mei, “The Decimal Place-Value Numeration and the Rod and Bead Arithmetics”, in 中国古代科技成就 [Ancient China's Technology and Science] (China Knowledge Series), Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 58–59:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| counting rods | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
Translations (8)
fr baguette à calculer (small bar) · ko 산가지 (small bar) · ja 算籌 (small bar) · ja 算木 (small bar) · cmn 算籌 /算筹 (small bar) · cmn 算子 (small bar) · ko 산목 (small bar) · fi laskupuikko (small bar)