computator

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computator

noun computators

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,
archaic A mechanical device that performs computation.
humorous Synonym of computer (“electronic device”).
Similar: computer

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@misc{computator_2026,
  title = {computator},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/computator},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}