computist

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noun

One who performs computations.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

nouncomputist (plural computists)

plural computists

  1. One who performs computations.
  2. One who performs computus (calculation of the date of Easter).
    1 more example

    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.

    2013 August 8, Charlotte Mulcare, “The lost mathematicians: Numbers in the (not so) dark ages”, in plus.maths.org, retrieved 08 Sep 2013

Origin

Translations

Latin computistus, computista
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Spanish computista
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APA

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Chicago

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