Definitions
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- noun informal A
slide rule .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun analog computer consisting of a handheld instrument used for rapid calculations; have been replaced by pocket calculators
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Examples
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That a Heinlein character is nicknamed “slipstick” for his proficiency with the slide rule is a minor lapse of imagination in a future of moving highways, extraterrestrial colonies, asteroid mining, interstellar travel, near-immortality and other technological marvels.
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That a Heinlein character is nicknamed “slipstick” for his proficiency with the slide rule is a minor lapse of imagination in a future of moving highways, extraterrestrial colonies, asteroid mining, interstellar travel, near-immortality and other technological marvels.
Stromata Blog: 2007
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Space Service gets around to putting two and two together on the slipstick.
Next Door, Next World Robert Donald Locke
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But somebody produced a slipstick and began to juggle it expertly.
Sand Doom Murray Leinster 1935
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Nozomi Entertainment over the last year, 2004's hilarious slipstick ninja comedy
Anime Nano! 2008
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Nozomi Entertainment over the last year, 2004's hilarious slipstick ninja comedy
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Nozomi Entertainment over the last year, 2004's hilarious slipstick ninja comedy
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"I wouldn't attempt it without a slipstick; I'm confused.
Between Planets Heinlein, Robert A. 1951
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Mine will be a cuddly little brunette that thinks a slipstick is some kind of lipstick and that an isotope's something good to eat. "
Masters of Space Robert Lee [Illustrator] Berry 1925
oroboros commented on the word slipstick
Slang for the sliderule.
January 4, 2007