Hypertext Webster Gateway: "computation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Computation \Com`pu*ta"tion\, n. [L. computatio: cf. F.
computation.]
1. The act or process of computing; calculation; reckoning.
By just computation of the time. --Shak.
By a computation backward from ourselves. --Bacon.
2. The result of computation; the amount computed.
Syn: Reckoning; calculation; estimate; account.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
computation
n 1: the procedure of calculating; determining something by
mathematical or logical methods [syn: {calculation}]
2: problem solving that involves numbers or quantities [syn: {calculation},
{figuring}, {reckoning}]
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