computator
Noun
A person who performs computations.
Usage- Archaic
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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, […]
A mechanical device that performs computation.
Usage- Archaic
Synonym of computer (“electronic device”).
Usage- Humorous
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computators