Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

counting rod

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.90 in modern English

Syllables: count-ing rod
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

Calque from Chinese 算籌／算筹 (suànchóu).

Inflected Forms

counting rods (plural)

Phrases

rod numeral

Frequently Paired Words

rod numeral

Questions

What does counting rod mean?: 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.
Where does counting rod come from?: Calque from Chinese 算籌／算筹 (suànchóu).

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