SLIDE RULE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • analog computer consisting of a handheld instrument used for rapid calculations
   • have been replaced by pocket calculators
   Synonym(s)
   • slipstick (what does slipstick mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) slide rule is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • analog computer (what does analog computer mean?)
   • analogue computer (what does analogue computer mean?)