different between validation vs calculator

English

Etymology

From Middle French validation.Morphologically validate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?væl.??de?.??n/

Noun

validation (countable and uncountable, plural validations)

1. The act of validating something.
2. Something, such as a certificate, that validates something; attestation, authentication, confirmation, proof or verification.
3. The process whereby others confirm the validity of one's emotions.
4. (US) The process of identifying a new prisoner's gang affiliation.

Translations

French

Etymology

valider +? -ation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va.li.da.sj??/

Noun

validation f (plural validations)

1. validation

English

Etymology

In the sense of a person, from Middle English calkelatour (“mathematician, astrologer”), borrowed from Latin calcul?tor, equivalent to calculate +? -or. The other meanings arose in Modern English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kæl.kj?.le?.t?(?)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kæl.kj?.le?.t??/, [?k?æ?.kj??le??.??]

Noun

calculator (plural calculators)

1. A mechanical or electronic device that performs mathematical calculations.
2. (dated) A person who performs mathematical calculation
3. A person who calculates (in the sense of scheming).
4. (obsolete) A set of mathematical tables.

Synonyms

• (electronic device): electronic calculator, pocket calculator
• (mechanical device): adding machine
• (person who performs mathematical calculations): computer (dated)
• (person who schemes): plotter, schemer
• (mathematical tables): ready reckoner, tables

Derived terms

• electronic calculator
• pocket calculator

Related terms

• calculate

Translations

See also

• ready reckoner
• slide rule
• tables
• calculator on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

References

• James A. H. Murray [et al.], editors (1884–1928) , “Calculator”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume II (C), London: Clarendon Press, OCLC 15566697, pages 27–28, column 3.

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: cal?cu?la?tor

Etymology

From English calculator.

Noun

calculator

1. calculator (device)

   Synonyms: calcu, kalkulador

Latin

Etymology

From calcul? (“I calculate”) +? -tor

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kal.ku?la?.tor/, [kä??k????ä?t??r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kal.ku?la.tor/, [k?lku?l??t??r]

Noun

calcul?tor m (genitive calcul?t?ris, feminine calcul?tr?x); third declension

1. calculator, bookkeeper, accountant
2. computer, one versed in/teacher of arithmetic

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Synonyms

• calcul?tr?x

Verb

calcul?tor

1. second-person singular future passive imperative of calcul?
   1. "thou shalt be calculated, thou shalt be computed"
   2. (figuratively) "thou shalt be considered as, thou shalt be esteemed"
2. third-person singular future passive imperative of calcul?
   1. "it shall be calculated, it shall be computed"
   2. (figuratively) "she shall be considered as, she shall be esteemed"

References

• calculator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• calculator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• calculator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• calculator in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• calculator in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French calculateur; compare also English and Latin calculator.

Noun

calculator n (plural calculatoare)

1. calculator (device)
2. computer

   Synonyms: computer, ordinator

Declension