computation

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

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɒmpjʊˈteɪʃən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

computation (countable and uncountable, plural computations)

1. 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.

2. The result of computation; the amount computed.

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

• computation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Inherited from Middle French computation, from Latin computātiō.

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computation f (plural computations)

1. (old) computation

   Synonym: calcul

• “computation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

computation

1. Alternative form of computacioun