slide chart
- noun
:
regla de cálculo
- The nurse used a slide chart to determine the correct dosage for the patient.
Examples
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Many students found the slide chart helpful when converting between different units.
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Can you pass me the slide chart?
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Before smartphones, people often carried a slide chart to look up important medical data.
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The teacher used a slide chart to explain the concept.
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Before smartphones, people often carried a slide chart to quickly look up important medical data.
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Many students found the slide chart useful for performing calculations in their math homework.
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The nurse referred to a slide chart to accurately determine the patient's correct dosage of medication.
Synonyms
5
8.5
A long thin tool with sliding scales that people use to do quick math before calculators
A tool you use by hand to do quick math by moving marked scales
How Complex
- Archaic
1
5.9
81
1.3
- Archaic
5
8.5
420
1.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is interpretable from its parts: 'slide' suggests a moving or sliding element and 'chart' denotes a visual display, so a B1 learner can plausibly infer a chart that uses sliding panels or overlays for lookup or calculation. However, the exact object (a small portable calculation/lookup device) is somewhat specialized and depends on recognizing the physical ‘sliding’ sense of slide rather than just the presentation sense, so the relation is only partly predictable.
Etymology
Slide chart comes from a simple image: a flat chart with a moveable slide you pull to line up numbers and see the result. Because the small sliding window shows answers fast, the name now means 'a portable tool for quick calculations or lookups'.