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Definition of Totaliser
1. Noun. Computer that registers bets and divides the total amount bet among those who won.
Generic synonyms: Computer, Computing Device, Computing Machine, Data Processor, Electronic Computer, Information Processing System
2. Noun. A calculator that performs simple arithmetic functions.
Generic synonyms: Calculating Machine, Calculator
Group relationships: Cash Register, Register
Lexicographical Neighbors of Totaliser
Literary usage of Totaliser
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Electrical Engineer (1893)
"The wheel q coming back to its original position, the angle described will be
proportional to EC, and the totaliser will register 2 (EC 9). ..."
2. Petroleum: A Treatise on the Geographical Distribution and Geological by Boverton Redwood (1896)
"To save the trouble of calculating out the results of the diagrams, the inventors
have affixed to the machine a totaliser, consisting of a roller, T, ..."
3. Electrical Engineer (1891)
"A gearing arrangement controlled by two detents, communicating to the first moving
part of the totaliser, T, the movement of the principal axle during the ..."
4. 54 by Wu Ming (2005)
"The cashier didn't bat an eyelid and handed him his receipt. At the totaliser,
the odds for Monte Allegro went down from 18-1 to just over 9-1. ..."
5. The Nineteenth Century (1891)
"... study' dealing with aspects of London life M. Rosny has rendered the term '
teetotaller' by the French words ' totalisateur de the '—' totaliser of tea. ..."