computation
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle French computation, from Latin computatiō, from computare (“sum up, reckon, compute”); see compute.
PronunciationEdit
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
NounEdit
computation (countable and uncountable, plural computations)
- The act or process of computing; calculation; reckoning.
- The result of computation; the amount computed.
SynonymsEdit
- (act or process of computing): ciphering, calculus; see also Thesaurus:calculation
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
the act or process of computing
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the result of computation
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See alsoEdit
- computation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin computatio.
PronunciationEdit
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NounEdit
computation f (plural computations)
- (old) computation
SynonymsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “computation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).