computation

[ kom-pyoo-tey-shuh n ]
/ ˌkɒm pyʊˈteɪ ʃən /
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noun

an act, process, or method of computing; calculation.
a result of computing.
the amount computed.

Origin of computation

1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin computātiōn- (stem of computātiō), equivalent to computāt(us) (past participle of computāre; see compute) + -iōn- -ion

OTHER WORDS FROM computation

Words nearby computation

compulsory purchase, compunction, compunctious, compurgation, compurgator, computation, computational complexity, computational fluid dynamics, computational linguistics, compute, computed tomography

Words related to computative

analytical, scientific, numerical, measurable, algebraic, algorithmic, arithmetical, geometrical, math

British Dictionary definitions for computative

computation
/ (ˌkɒmpjʊˈteɪʃən) /

noun

a calculation involving numbers or quantities

Derived forms of computation

computational, adjective