Computist
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Computist is a noun meaning One who performs computations.
Meaning
One who performs computations.
More Meanings
- One who performs computus (calculation of the date of Easter).
Example Sentences
Despite the high acclaim and wide acceptance of Bede's work, centuries later, medieval computists were still working on the same problem. Given the (relatively) confined scope of the mathematics involved, how did computus manage to remain such a core intellectual pursuit? In part, computists refined the basic model Bede had popularised. The introduction of a golden number in circa 1150 enabled computists to reference a given year's position in the 19-year cycle.
Word Forms
- computists
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include computator, computer, computor, computant, computerist, computionality.
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