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computators

computators is the plural of computator.

Meaning of computator

Noun

computator (plural computators)

  1. (archaic) A person who performs computations.
    • But this is an advantage not to be had by the biographer in this planet;—in the planet Mercury (belike) it may be so, if not better still for him;——for there the intense heat of the country, which is proved by computators, from its vicinity to the sun, to be more than equal to that of red-hot iron...1759, [Laurence Sterne], chapter XXIII, in The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, 2nd (1st London) edition, volume I, London: […] R[obert] and J[ames] Dodsley […], published 1760, →OCLC
  2. (archaic) A mechanical device that performs computation.
  3. (humorous) Synonym of computer (“electronic device”).
    Synonyms:
    computer

Questions about computators

What is computators the plural of?
Computators is the plural of computator.

Words near computators in the dictionary

  1. computationists
  2. computations
  3. computative
  4. computativeness
  5. computator
  6. computators
  7. compute
  8. computed
  9. computed axial tomography
  10. computed tomographies
  11. computed tomography

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