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computant

computant noun: a person employed to carry out computations.

Noun

computant (plural computants)

  1. (obsolete) A person employed to carry out computations.
    • And for this purpose I would suggest that graduates assigned to the topographical corps should be retained at the Academy at least one year to act as assistants and computants at the observatory […]1861, Congressional Serial Set, page 347

Forms of computant

pluralcomputants

Questions about computant

What does computant mean?
Computant means a person employed to carry out computations.
What part of speech is computant?
Computant is a noun.
What is the plural of computant?
The plural of computant is computants.

Words near computant in the dictionary

  1. computable function
  2. computable functions
  3. computably
  4. computad
  5. computads
  6. computant
  7. computants
  8. computate
  9. computated
  10. computates
  11. computating

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