computative

Adjective

computative (comparative more computative, superlative most computative)

1. of or relating to computation, computational
   • Adopting (the additional computative burden imposed by it notwithstanding) Schönfeld's modification of Airy's formulae1891, “The Sun's Motion in Space”, in Science, page 254
   • The reckoning need not be genuinely computative (intellectual); it may take the form of motor adjustments1913, Walter B. Pitkin, “Time and the Percept”, in The Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods, page 316
2. calculating, shrewdly or selfishly reckoning
   • What will please reckless, computative and vulgar persons.1858–59, John Ruskin, The two paths: being lectures on art and its applications to decoration and manufacture, page 114
   • The demands of computative justice are thus unconsciously fulfilled by the last scions of a tainted stock.1948, W. A. Armstrong, “The Influence of Seneca and Machiavelli on the Elizabethan Tyrant”, in The Review of English Studies, page 24