Abacus

• Flat top of the capital of a column.
• A slab that forms the uppermost member of the capital of a column.
• Flat portion on top of a capital. Aisle Space between arcade and outer wall. Allure Walkway along the top of a wall.
• The flat stone slab underneath the entablature that forms the top of the capital of a classical column supporting a beam.
• The topmost horizontal tablet of a column's capital to support the architrave.
• The slab that forms the top of the capital.
• This is used in China and other parts of the world to do math problems.
• the hat worn by certain Roman priests, originally referring to the rod or spike surmounting the headdress.
• The uppermost part of the capital of the column; often a plain square slab, but sometimes molded or otherwise enriched.
• Rectangular strip running along the top of a capital, sometimes decoratively carved.
• An ancient calculating device made of beads and wires mounted on a frame. Often used to teach place value.
• The abacus, a mechanical aid to performing arithmetic, dates back many centuries and is still in use in various forms.
• The term abacus is refers to the flat square slab of masonry that forms the uppermost member or division of the capital of a column, immediately under the architrave. The term is also used to describe a tablet, panel, or compartment in ornamented or mosaic work.
• At first the term abacus refers to a sand covered table upon which figures were inscribed using a stylus. There is a suspicion that the abacus had a semitic origin. A cuneiform sign among the ruins at Nippur(Shid») resembles its form (a calculating table).
• 1. The uppermost part of a column capital or pilaster, on which the architrave rests. 2. A bead frame. Used as an arithmetic calculating aid.
• the uppermost member of a capital. Plain in the Doric order, molded in the Ionic order.
• (Latin) [from Greek abax slab from Hebrew 'abaq dust] Anciently a sand-strewn board or table used for writing, geometrical figures, etc.
• A calculation tool, often constructed as a wooden frame with beads sliding on wires.
• The square element that sits above the capital of a column, creating a transition between the column and the architrave.
• a square or rectangular
• a tablet placed horizontally on top of the capital of a column as an aid in supporting the architrave
• a calculator that performs arithmetic functions by manually sliding counters on rods or in grooves
• An abacus (plurals abacuses or abaci), also called a counting frame, is a calculating tool for performing arithmetic processes.
• In architecture, an abacus (from the Greek abax, slab; or French abaque, tailloir; plural abacuses or abaci) is a flat slab forming the uppermost member or division of the capital of a column, above the bell.
• A table or tray strewn with sand, anciently used for drawing, calculating, etc; A calculating table or frame; an instrument for performing arithmetical calculations by balls sliding on wires, or counters in grooves, the lowest line representing units, the second line, tens, etc.