computative

comparative more computative · superlative most computative

1. of or relating to computation, computational

   The reckoning need not be genuinely computative (intellectual); it may take the form of motor adjustments

   1913, Walter B. Pitkin, “Time and the Percept”, in The Journal of Philosophy, Psychology and Scientific Methods, page 316

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   Adopting (the additional computative burden imposed by it notwithstanding) Schönfeld's modification of Airy's formulae

   1891, “The Sun's Motion in Space”, in Science, page 254

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

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   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