Usage of "slipstick" | TermGallery

Portuguese

Catalan

Analog computer consisting of a handheld instrument used for rapid calculations; have been replaced by pocket calculators.

slide rule

régua de cálculo

Usage of slipstick in English

I learned how to work the sextant, the compass, the slipstick, the abacus. 
 The Name of the Wind 

I made Re'lar before they threw me out, you little slipstick. 
 The Wise Man’s Fear 

I called him a pompous slipstick who had missed his true calling as a counting-house scribe. 
 The Wise Man’s Fear 

I keep forgetting that we're dealing with a planet instead of electrons. He applied the slipstick again. 
 Cities in Flight 

Mine will be a cuddly little brunette that thinks a slipstick is some kind of lipstick and that an isotope's something good to eat. 
 Masters of Space 

"Mind your own business, slipstick," the taller one said. 
 The Wise Man’s Fear 

Frequent collocations

Translations for slipstick

Portuguese

régua de cálculo

Catalan

regle de càlcul

Slipstick through the time

Interface language

Meanings of slipstick in English