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ˈslide rule N

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The typical precision of a slide rule is about three significant digits, compared to many digits on digital calculators. en.wikipedia.org

This calculating aid was a predecessor of the slide rule. en.wikipedia.org

This led engineers to take mathematical shortcuts favoring operations that were easy on a slide rule, creating inaccuracies and mistakes. en.wikipedia.org

It is a predecessor of the slide rule, a calculating aid used from the 17th century until the 1970s. en.wikipedia.org

Being entirely mechanical, a slide rule does not depend on electricity or batteries. en.wikipedia.org

Lecture topics included advanced algebra, trigonometry, the slide rule, electrical and electronic circuits, communication receivers and transmitters, antennas, and servomechanisms. en.wikipedia.org

The six-month curriculum combined theory and hands-on practice, with the students as familiar with a slide rule as with a soldering iron. en.wikipedia.org

There are seven windows with slide rule and four roof airshafts. en.wikipedia.org

Aviation remains one of the few places that the slide rule still is in widespread use. en.wikipedia.org

Before computers, bridge engineers analyzed truss forces by slide rule, with each calculation being time-consuming. en.wikipedia.org

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