computus

名词 n.
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英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The calculation of the date of Easter in the Christian calendar. countable,uncountable
    — An elaborate bundle of techniques called computus therefore developed around Easter calculations. Computus formed the centerpiece of “scientific” education in the monasteries.
  2. A book of tables for calculating dates of astronomical events and moveable feasts. countable,historical,uncountable
    — 1987, Bruce Eastwood, 5: Plinian astronomical diagrams in the early Middle Ages, Edward Grant, John Emery Murdoch, Mathematics and Its Applications to Science and Natural Philosophy in the Middle Ages, page 149, This computus also contains only one completed Plinian diagram, that for the planetary harmonic intervals.

词形变化

computi plural compotus alternative conpotus alternative

词汇关系

相关词
compute computist almanac

词源

Borrowed from Latin computus. Doublet of conto and count.
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