Meanings
adjectivecomputistic (not comparable)
- not comparableOf or relating to the calendrical technique of computus.
The computistic writings of the Anglo-Saxon monk Bede (De temporibus, De temporum ratione) became highly authoritative and were widely circulated.
1996 [1992], Gerhard Dohrn-van Rossum, chapter 3, in Thomas Dunlap, transl., History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders, University of Chicago Press, translation of Die Geschichte der Stunde: Uhren und moderne Zeitordnungen (in German), →OCLC, page 41
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincon-
- Latinputus
- Latinputō
- Latincomputō
- Latincomputāre
- Frenchcomputer
- Englishcompute
- Englishcomputistic
Translations
Italian computistico
- computisticoTranslations
Cite this entry
APA
computistic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/computistic
MLA
“computistic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/computistic. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “computistic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/computistic.
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