different between counting vs abax

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ka?nt??/
• Hyphenation: count?ing
• Rhymes: -a?nt??

Noun

counting (countable and uncountable, plural countings)

1. a count
2. the act by which something is counted.

Synonyms

• (act of making a count): enumeration, numbering; see also Thesaurus:counting

Hyponyms

• reference counting

Translations

Verb

counting

1. present participle of count

Derived terms

• countinghouse, counting house
• prime-counting

Related terms

• and counting
• counting number

References

• counting on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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