calculator
Signification (Anglais)
- A mechanical or electronic device that performs mathematical calculations; sometimes, an electronic one specifically.
- (historical) A person who performs mathematical calculation.
- A person who calculates (in the sense of scheming).
- (obsolete) A set of mathematical tables.
Concepts
Synonymes
calculating machine
electronic computer
Computer
computing machine
computing device
information processing system
arithmoneter
electronic computers
data processor
Traductions
Fréquence
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ˈkæl.kjə.leɪ.tə(ɹ)/
Étymologie (Anglais)
In summary
In the sense of a person, from Middle English calkelatour (“mathematician, astrologer”), borrowed from Latin calculātor, equivalent to calculate + -or. The other meanings arose in Modern English.
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