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computation

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Noun
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CIDE DICTIONARY

computationn. [L. computatio: cf. F. computation.].
  •  The act or process of computing; calculation; reckoning.  [1913 Webster]
    "By just computation of the time."  [1913 Webster]
    "By a computation backward from ourselves."  [1913 Webster]
  •  The result of computation; the amount computed.  [1913 Webster]
  •  The process of performing arithmetical or logical operations, on data by an electronic device.  [PJC]
Syn. -- Reckoning; calculation; estimate; account.

THESAURUS

computation

accounting, adding, adding machine, analysis, appraisal, appraisement, approximation, arithmetic, assessment, assize, assizement, automatic electronic navigation, braking, calculation, calculator, calculus, casting, ciphering, coordination, correction, determination, estimate, estimation, evaluation, fact distribution, figuring, footing, forecasts, gauging, inspection, instrumentation, manipulation, measure, measurement, measuring, mensuration, metric system, nonlinear calibrations, output measurement, processing, quantification, quantization, rating, reckoning, record keeping, steering, supersonic flow detection, survey, surveying, telemetering, telemetry, totaling, toting, triangulation, valuation

ROGET THESAURUS

computation

Numeration

N numeration, numbering, pagination, tale, recension, enumeration, summation, reckoning, computation, supputation, calculation, calculus, algorithm, algorism, rhabdology, dactylonomy, measurement, statistics, arithmetic, analysis, algebra, geometry, analytical geometry, fluxions, differential calculus, integral calculus, infinitesimal calculus, calculus of differences, dead reckoning, muster, poll, census, capitation, roll call, recapitulation, account, notation, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, rule of three, practice, equations, extraction of roots, reduction, involution, evolution, estimation, approximation, interpolation, differentiation, integration, abacus, logometer, slide rule, slipstick, tallies, Napier's bones, calculating machine, difference engine, suan- pan, adding machine, cash register, electronic calculator, calculator, computer, arithmetician, calculator, abacist, algebraist, mathematician, statistician, geometer, programmer, accountant, auditor, numeral, numerical, arithmetical, analytic, algebraic, statistical, numerable, computable, calculable, commensurable, commensurate, incommensurable, incommensurate, innumerable, unfathomable, infinite, quantitatively, arithmetically, measurably, in numbers.


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