Meanings
plural computations
- countableuncountableThe 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 42Synonyms: ciphering
- countableuncountableThe result of computation; the amount computed.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe act or process of computing; calculation; reckoning.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods
nounproblem solving that involves numbers or quantities
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latincomputatiō
- Middle Frenchcomputation
- Middle Englishcomputacioun
- Englishcomputation
From late Middle English computacioun, from Middle French computation, from Latin computatiō, from computare (“sum up, reckon, compute”); see compute. Morphologically compute + -ation.
More words from Middle English, Middle French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek συλλογισμός
- συλλογισμός (sullogismós)the act or process of computing
Arabic تَحْسِيب, مُحَاسَبَة
- تَحْسِيب (taḥsīb)the act or process of computing
- مُحَاسَبَة (muḥāsaba)the act or process of computing
- حَسْب (ḥasb)the act or process of computing
- حِسَاب (ḥisāb)the act or process of computing
Bulgarian изчисле́ние, разче́т
- изчисле́ние (izčislénie)the act or process of computing
- разче́т (razčét)the result of computation
Catalan còmput, còmput
- còmputthe act or process of computing
- còmputthe result of computation
- resultatthe result of computation
Chinese Mandarin 計算 /计算
- 計算 /计算 (jìsuàn)the act or process of computing
Czech výpočet
- výpočetthe act or process of computing
Dutch berekening
- berekeningthe act or process of computing
Finnish laskeminen
- laskeminenthe act or process of computing
French calcul, comptage
- calculthe act or process of computing
- comptagethe act or process of computing
- résultatthe result of computation
German Berechnung, Rechnen
- Berechnungthe act or process of computing
- Rechnenthe act or process of computing
- Berechnungthe result of computation
Greek υπολογισμός
- υπολογισμός (ypologismós)the act or process of computing
Indonesian komputasi
- komputasithe act or process of computing
Irish ríomh
- ríomhthe act or process of computing
Italian calcolo, computo
- calcolothe act or process of computing
- computothe act or process of computing
Japanese 計算
- 計算 (keisan)the act or process of computing
Korean 계산
- 계산 (gyesan)the act or process of computing
Polish kalkulacja, obliczanie
- kalkulacjathe act or process of computing
- obliczaniethe act or process of computing
- kalkulacjathe result of computation
- obliczeniethe result of computation
Portuguese cálculo, computação
- cálculothe act or process of computing
- computaçãothe act or process of computing
- cômputothe act or process of computing
Romanian calcul
- calculthe act or process of computing
Russian вычисле́ние, расчёт
- вычисле́ние (vyčislénije)the act or process of computing
- расчёт (rasčót)the result of computation
Scottish Gaelic tomhas
- tomhasthe act or process of computing
Slovak výpočet
- výpočetthe act or process of computing
Spanish cálculo, cómputo
- cálculothe act or process of computing
- cómputothe act or process of computing
Tagalog tuos, pagtutuos
- tuosthe act or process of computing
- pagtutuosthe act or process of computing
- tuosthe result of computation
Ukrainian обчи́слення
- обчи́слення (občýslennja)the act or process of computing
Welsh cyfrifiant
- cyfrifiantthe act or process of computing
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with computation
Cite this entry
computation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/computation
“computation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/computation. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “computation,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/computation.
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