different between abax vs abac

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek ???? (ábax, “board covered with sand”). Doublet of abacus and abaque.

Noun

abax (plural not attested)

1. An ancient counting board containing grooves in which counters were placed; a forerunner of the abacus.

   Basic arithmetic could be done with an abax.

Translations

Anagrams

• Baxa

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?a.baks/, [?äbäks?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?a.baks/, [???b?ks]

Noun

abax m (genitive abacis); third declension

1. Alternative form of abacus

Declension

Third-declension noun.

References

• abax in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• abax in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Noun

abac (plural abacs)

1. (mathematics) A nomogram.

Translations

Anagrams

• A.C.A.B., AABC, AACB, ABCA, ACAB, BCAA, Baca, Caba, caba

Friulian

Etymology

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Noun

abac m (plural abacs)

1. abacus

References

• ARLEF

Kapampangan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?bak/

Noun

abac

1. Alternative spelling of abak

Romanian

Etymology

From French abaque.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?bak/

Noun

abac n (plural abace)

1. An abacus.
2. A table or diagram that facilitates solving a mathematical problem.

Declension

Further reading

• abac in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)