computant

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English[edit]

Noun[edit]

computant (plural computants)

  1. (obsolete) A person employed to carry out computations.
    • 1861, Congressional Serial Set, page 347:
      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 […]

Catalan[edit]

Verb[edit]

computant

  1. gerund of computar

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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Participle[edit]

computant

  1. present participle of computer

Latin[edit]

Verb[edit]

computant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of computō
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