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computative en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English computation Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English computative From computation + -ive.

Meanings

1. of or relating to computation, computational
   • Adopting (the additional computative burden imposed by it notwithstanding) Schönfeld's modification of Airy's formulae 1891, “The Sun's Motion in Space”, in Science, page 254:
   • The reckoning need not be genuinely computative (intellectual); it may take the form of motor adjustments 1913, Walter B. Pitkin, “Time and the Percept”, in The Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods, page 316:
2. calculating, shrewdly or selfishly reckoning
   • The demands of computative justice are thus unconsciously fulfilled by the last scions of a tainted stock. 1948, W. A. Armstrong, “The Influence of Seneca and Machiavelli on the Elizabethan Tyrant”, in The Review of English Studies, page 24:
   • What will please reckless, computative and vulgar persons. 1858–59, John Ruskin, The two paths: being lectures on art and its applications to decoration and manufacture, page 114:

Forms

Deriveds

computativeness

Relateds

computational

Translations (6)

pl wyrachowany (shrewd) · de komputativ (computational) · de berechnend (shrewd) · de rechnerisch (computational) · de rechnergestützt (computational) · pl obliczeniowy (computational)