computator — Dizionario inglese

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1. A person who performs computations.

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   • arcaico

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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, […]

2. A mechanical device that performs computation.

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   • arcaico

3. Synonym of computer (“electronic device”).

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   • scherzoso