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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A Chinese abacus with two beads on each rod in the upper deck and five beads on each rod in the bottom deck.

   "The number of rods in the traditional suanpan is usually odd, and never less than nine."

Example

More examples

"The number of rods in the traditional suanpan is usually odd, and never less than nine."

Etymology

From Mandarin 算盤／算盘 (suànpán).

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