computation

Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) The act or process of computing; calculation; reckoning.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The result of computation; the amount computed.

Frequency

47k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˌkɒmpjʊˈteɪʃən/
Etymology

In summary

From late Middle English computacioun, from Middle French computation, from Latin computatiō, from computare (“sum up, reckon, compute”); see compute. Morphologically compute + -ation.

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