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Noun

1. {{lb|en|arithmetic}} A device and technique described in [[w:John Napier|Napier]]'s treatise ''[[w:rabdology|Rabdologiæ]]'' for performing multiplication, division and [[extraction]] of [[square root]]s by using [[counter]]s to represent numbers in [[binary]].

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