miscompute

English edit

Etymology edit

mis- +‎ compute

Pronunciation edit

(noun) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪskəmpjuːt/
(verb) IPA^(key): /ˌmɪskəmˈpjuːt/

Noun edit

miscompute (plural miscomputes)

An erroneous computation.
- 1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC:
  Buddeus de Asse correcting their miscompute

Verb edit

miscompute (third-person singular simple present miscomputes, present participle miscomputing, simple past and past participle miscomputed)

To compute erroneously.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “miscompute”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)