computation
/ˌkɒmpjʊˈteɪʃn̩/US/ˌkɑmpjʊˈteɪʃn̩/
computation noun: the act or process of computing; calculation; reckoning.
Noun
computation (countable and uncountable, plural computations)
- The act or process of computing; calculation; reckoning.
- 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.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter IV, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 42
- Synonyms:
- ciphering
- The result of computation; the amount computed.
computation meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
computation in Hindi
- संगणना
computation in Tamil
- கணக்கிடுதல், கணிப்பு
computation in Urdu
- حساب
computation in Bengali
- গুনতি
More languagesFewer languages
- computation in Malayalam
- കണക്കുകൂട്ടൽ, എണ്ണൽ, കണക്കാക്കൽ, ഗണിക്കൽ
- computation in Kannada
- ಗಣನೆ, ಎಣಿಕೆ, ಲೆಕ್ಕ, ಲೆಕ್ಕಾಚಾರ
- computation in Tagalog
- tuos, pagtutuos
- computation in Arabic
- تحسيب
- computation in Indonesian
- komputasi
- computation in Persian
- محاسبه
Examples of computation in a sentence
- The intuition is that in lambda-value the different sequentialisations of a computation can be distinguished operationally.
- In the remaining section, we construct a novel model of quantum blackbox algorithms in non-deterministic classical computation.
- The notion of multi-scale applies to dycore computations both spatially and temporally.
Synonyms of computation
Forms of computation
| plural | computations |
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Origin of computation
From late Middle English computacioun, from Middle French computation, from Latin computatiō, from computare (“sum up, reckon, compute”); see compute. Morphologically compute + -ation.
Words formed from computation
- biocomputation
- computational
- computation history
- computationism
- computationist
- computation time
- computation tree logic
- computative
- geocomputation
- hypercomputation
- metacomputation
- microcomputation
- miscomputation
- neurocomputation
- noncomputation
- precomputation
- recomputation
- subcomputation
- supercomputation
Phrases with computation
Words that rhyme with computation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about computation
- What does computation mean?
- Computation means the act or process of computing; calculation; reckoning.
- What is computation in Hindi?
- Computation in Hindi is संगणना. See Computation meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is computation?
- Computation is a noun.
- How do you pronounce computation?
- Computation is pronounced /ˌkɒmpjʊˈteɪʃn̩/ (UK).
- What is the plural of computation?
- The plural of computation is computations.
Words near computation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: computation (page history and authors); computation (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); computation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); computation (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); computation (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); computation (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); computation (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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