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Meaning of "soroban" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SOROBAN

soroban  [ˈsɔːrəˌbɑːn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SOROBAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Soroban is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SOROBAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

soroban

Soroban

The soroban is an abacus developed in Japan. It is derived from the Chinese suanpan, imported to Japan around 1600. Like the suanpan, the soroban is still used today, despite the proliferation of practical and affordable pocket electronic calculators.

Definition of soroban in the English dictionary

The definition of soroban in the dictionary is a Japanese abacus.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SOROBAN


Afghanistan
æfˈɡænɪˌstɑːn
Akan
ˈɑːkɑːn
autobahn
ˈɔːtəˌbɑːn
Azerbaijan
ˌæzəbaɪˈdʒɑːn
Balikpapan
ˌbɑːlɪkˈpɑːpɑːn
barn
bɑːn
Bhutan
buːˈtɑːn
carbarn
ˈkɑːˌbɑːn
infobahn
ˈɪnfəʊbɑːn
Iran
ɪˈrɑːn
khan
kɑːn
Martaban
ˌmɑːtɑːˈbɑːn
Oman
əʊˈmɑːn
Pakistan
ˌpɑːkɪˈstɑːn
Shaaban
ʃəˈbɑːn
Shaban
ʃəˈbɑːn
Siegbahn
ˈsiːɡbɑːn
Sudan
suːˈdɑːn
Taiwan
ˈtaɪˈwɑːn
Turkmenistan
ˌtɜːkmɛnɪˈstɑːn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SOROBAN

sorites
soritic
soritical
sorn
sorner
Sorocaba
soroche
Soroptimist
Soroptimist International
sororal
sororally
sororate
sororially
sororicidal
sororicide
sororities
sorority
sororize
soroses
sorosis

WORDS THAT END LIKE SOROBAN

Alban
ban
Caliban
Cuban
Durban
goban
import ban
kanban
Kuban
Laban
Manitoban
Montauban
Oban
Seremban
suburban
Taliban
turban
unban
urban
Vauban

Synonyms and antonyms of soroban in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «soroban» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SOROBAN

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The translations of soroban from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «soroban» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

soroban
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

soroban
570 millions of speakers

English

soroban
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

soroban
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

soroban
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Soroban
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

soroban
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

soroban
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

soroban
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Soroban
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

soroban
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

そろばん
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

soroban
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Soroban
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Soroban
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

soroban
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सोनबान
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Soroban
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

soroban
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Soroban
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Soroban
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Soroban
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Soroban
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

soroban
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

soroban
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

soroban
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of soroban

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SOROBAN»

The term «soroban» is regularly used and occupies the 76.486 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SOROBAN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about soroban

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOROBAN»

Discover the use of soroban in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to soroban and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Mental Aritmetik ve Soroban: Mental aritmetik ...
Mental aritmetik uygulamalarında soroban kullanımı Cem Özgür AYDINER. işlem yapmak için öğrenilen tekniklerin uygulanması olarak tanımlanabilir. Mental Aritmetik yapabilmek için bir çok teknik geliştirilmiştir. Dünya üzerinde güncel ve en ...
Cem Özgür AYDINER
2
Computational Fluid Dynamics 2006: Proceedings of the Fourth ...
This is the reason why we used the coordinate-transformation in the previous paper[12]. However, it would be useful to consider a special mesh system that keeps the higher-order accuracy. Next, the new grid system ”Soroban grid ” that can ...
Herman Deconinck, E. Dick, 2009
3
Colour-Factor in Action
The diagrams show pictures of a Japanese abacus called a soroban. It is a kind of ancient mathematical calculator and can still be seen in use in offices and shops in Japan alongside electronic calculators and computers. It can be used for a ...
Leslie Foster, Peter Patilla, 2003
4
Computing: A Historical and Technical Perspective
This book is an old extant Japanese textbook on mathematics containing arithmetic techniques of the soroban. The book was widely read in the Edo and Meiji eras (Edo, 1603–1868; Meiji, 1868–1912). Jinkouki contributed greatly to spreading ...
Yoshihide Igarashi, Tom Altman, Mariko Funada, 2014
5
Sacred Mathematics: Japanese Temple Geometry
One of Hideyoshi's soldiers at the port of Hakata, which the warlord had established as his staging ground for the invasion, had in his possession an abacus, soroban in Japanese, which evidently came from China. The soldier's soroban is in ...
Hidetoshi Fukagawa, Tony Rothman, 2008
6
Challenges of Leadership in African Development
It is a comfortable footwear suited for the Japanese climate but requiring some skill to wear properly. Soroban, a Japanese calculator or abacus, is another example of this sort. It was introduced from China in the sixteenth century, but it was ...
Olusegun Obasanjo, Hans d' Orville, 1990
7
Computational Fluid Dynamics 2004: Proceedings of the Third ...
N. O. However, they usually require coordinate-transformation with solving partial differential equations, which will make accuracy reduced. In order to re- solve this problem, the Soroban grid[6] was proposed by Yabe et.al. Figure 2 shows the ...
Clinton Groth, David W. Zingg, 2006
8
The A to Z of Japanese Business
272 O SOROBAN SOROBAN. This is the traditional manual calculator made of bamboo rods that carry pierced beads. Each rod bears five beads, with the top row separated by a crossbar. All digits from zero to nine can be indicated on a single ...
Stuart D. B. Picken, 2009
9
Speed Mathematics Simplified
The soroban operator was no number genius, incidentally. He was a champion operator, but (as he himself stated) no better than many other first-class operators . After all, the soroban is still the basic tool of Japanese arithmetic, which today is  ...
Edward Stoddard, 2013
10
Soroban
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The soroban is an abacus developed in Japan. It is derived from the suanpan, imported from China to Japan around 1600.
Lambert M Surhone, Mariam T Tennoe, Susan F Henssonow, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SOROBAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term soroban is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Vava'u Soroban students win trip to Tongatapu
Six young students who topped the written examination in Vava'u's soroban competition on Friday, 24 July would represent Vava'u Primary Schools at the ... «Matangi Tonga, Jul 15»
2
Learn Why Eric W Mandelblatt's Soroban Capital Partners Lp Just …
Per Eric W. Mandelblatt's Soroban Capital Partners Lp's filing, the filler now owns 5% of the Consumer Discretionary-company, holding 14,207,334 shares. «OctaFinance.com, Jul 15»
3
Soroban Opportunities Cayman Fund Filing. Vito Tanzi Submitted …
The New York-based Soroban Opportunities Cayman Fund Ltd released form D for $970.12 million offering. The date of first sale was 2014-08-01. The raised ... «OctaFinance.com, Jun 15»
4
Khám phá phương pháp tính nhẩm siêu tốc của học sinh lớp 5 …
Phương pháp tính nhẩm siêu tốc này sử dụng một bàn tính soroban tưởng tượng để có thể cộng trừ nhanh các con số. Phương pháp này được những người ... «GenK, Jun 15»
5
Liberty Broadband Announces Agreement with Charter to Invest $5 …
Soroban, which also holds a position in TWC, has agreed to vote its TWC shares in favor of the Charter-TWC merger. The Series C Share subscriptions are ... «Business Wire, May 15»
6
Top 10 SOROBAN CAPITAL PARTNERS 13F Holdings in Q1 2015
Eric W. Mandelblatt's Soroban Capital Partners Lp just filed its quarterly 13F. Dated 20/05/2015, the 13f report shows the hedge fund has a portfolio value of ... «OctaFinance.com, May 15»
7
No calculators needed: DODEA students show off mad abacus skills
TOKYO — Students from area U.S. military base schools clicked and slid their way through complex math problems for the annual soroban competition ... «Stars and Stripes, May 15»
8
Assets Surge For Top Emerging Managers
Leading the top asset gainers were Soroban Capital Partners, which added $1.1 billion, Starboard Value, which added $772 million, and Tourbillon Capital ... «FINalternatives, Mar 15»
9
California Resources: Activist Investors Finding More Value In Oil …
Back to CRC - Soroban founder, Eric Mandelblatt, cut his teeth as a partner at TPG-Axon, but also worked as an energy analyst at Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) ... «Seeking Alpha, Feb 15»
10
California Resources Corp (CRC): Soroban Capital Partners …
Eric Mandelblatt's Soroban Capital Partners has taken up a 10% activist position in California Resources Corp (NYSE:CRC), according to a filing on Monday ... «Insider Monkey, Feb 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Soroban [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/soroban>. Apr 2024 ».
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