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Comptometer

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Noun
  1. 1
    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."

Etymology

Genericized trademark of Felt and Tarrant Manufacturing Company, apparently a blend of compute and meter (“measure”).

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