Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sliding-rule

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.83 in modern English

Syllables
slid-ing-rule
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Dated form of slide rule.

Dated

Usage

Inflected Forms

sliding-rules (plural)

Questions

What does sliding-rule mean?
Dated form of slide rule.

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