slide rule

Synonyms for slide rule

noun tool for measuring or calculating length

noun. tool for measuring or calculating length

Moriarty was muttering to himself, figuring with slide rule, pencil and paper.

He readjusted the slide rule and slid the hairline over a bit.

In 1622, Willliam Oughtred invented the slide rule for calculations.

Should the slide rule be placed in the hands of a boy before, or after, he has mastered the theory of logarithms?

He sat in the big chair with his feet sticking straight out in front of him and played with a slide rule.

Mr. J: (hastily working his slide rule) Upwards of eight hundred thousand, I should say.

He dug out a slide rule and a pencil and pad and sat down with his back to the back of the pilot's seat, under the light.

The use of a slide rule will make this transference to a new average very easy.

He carried no dagger; if he had worn a dress weapon, it would probably have been a slide rule.

On the white marble table were her notebook, a book on matter transmission, and her slide rule.