location arithmetic
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Calque of Latin arithmeticae localis, coined by Scottish landowner and mathematician John Napier (1550–1617) in his 1617 treatise Rabdologiæ (written in Latin).
Noun[edit]
location arithmetic (uncountable)
- (arithmetic) A device and technique described in Napier's treatise Rabdologiæ for performing multiplication, division and extraction of square roots by using counters to represent numbers in binary.
Translations[edit]
device and technique to aid in performing arithmetic calculations
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