computation
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English
Etymology
From late Middle English computacioun, from Middle French computation, from Latin computatiō, from computare (“sum up, reckon, compute”); see compute. Morphologically compute + -ation
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌkɒmpjʊˈteɪʃən/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
computation (countable and uncountable, plural computations)
- The act or process of computing; calculation; reckoning.
- 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter IV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 42:
- As there are some naturally deficient in the power of computation, others in an ear for harmony, so Francis Evelyn was utterly devoid of truth—he neither understood its moral beauty nor its actual utility.
- The result of computation; the amount computed.
Synonyms
- (act or process of computing): ciphering, calculus; see also Thesaurus:calculation
Derived terms
Translations
the act or process of computing
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the result of computation
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See also
computation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French computation, from Latin computātiō.
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
computation f (plural computations)
- (old) computation
- Synonym: calcul
Further reading
- “computation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English
Noun
computation
- Alternative form of computacioun
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