computation

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English

Etymology

From Middle French computation, from Latin computatiō, from computare (“sum up, reckon, compute”); see compute.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

computation (countable and uncountable, plural computations)

1. The act or process of computing; calculation; reckoning.
2. The result of computation; the amount computed.

Synonyms

• (act or process of computing): ciphering, calculus; see also Thesaurus:calculation

Derived terms

• computational

Translations

the act or process of computing

• Arabic: تحسيب‎
• Armenian: հաշվարկ (hy) (hašvark)
• Bulgarian: изчисление (bg) n (izčislenie)
• Finnish: laskeminen (fi)
• French: calcul (fr) m
• German: Berechnung (de) f, Rechnen n
• Ido: komputo (io)
• Irish: ríomh m
• Italian: calcolo (it) m

• Japanese: 計算 (ja) (keisan)
• Persian: محاسبه‎ (fa)
• Portuguese: cálculo (pt)
• Russian: вычисле́ние (ru) n (vyčislénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: tomhas m
• Spanish: cálculo (es) m
• Tagalog: tuos, pagtutuos
• Tajik: муҳосаба (muhosaba)
• Welsh: cyfrifiant

the result of computation

• Bulgarian: разчет (bg) m (razčet)
• French: résultat (fr)
• German: Berechnung (de) f

• Ido: komputuro
• Tagalog: tuos

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Translations to be checked

• Novial: ^{(please verify)} komputatione, ^{(please verify)} komputo

See also

• computation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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French

Etymology

From Latin computatio.

Pronunciation

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Noun

computation f (plural computations)

1. (old) computation

Synonyms

• calcul

Further reading

• “computation” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).