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computants

computants is the plural of computant.

Meaning of computant

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

Questions about computants

What is computants the plural of?
Computants is the plural of computant.

Words near computants in the dictionary

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

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