"computation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌkɒmpjʊˈteɪʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-computation.wav [Southern-England] Forms: computations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From Middle French computation, from Latin computatiō, from computare (“sum up, reckon, compute”); see compute. Morphologically compute + -ation Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|computation}} Middle French computation, {{uder|en|la|computatiō}} Latin computatiō, {{m|la|computare||sum up, reckon, compute}} computare (“sum up, reckon, compute”), {{suffix|en|compute|ation|nocat=1}} compute + -ation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} computation (countable and uncountable, plural computations)
  1. The act or process of computing; calculation; reckoning. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (act or process of computing): ciphering Translations (the act or process of computing): συλλογισμός (sullogismós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), تحسيب (Arabic), հաշվարկ (hašvark) (Armenian), изчисление (izčislenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), berekening [masculine] (Dutch), laskeminen (Finnish), calcul [masculine] (French), Berechnung [feminine] (German), Rechnen [neuter] (German), komputo (Ido), komputasi (Indonesian), ríomh [masculine] (Irish), calcolo [masculine] (Italian), 計算 (keisan) (Japanese), محاسبه (Persian), cálculo (Portuguese), computação [feminine] (Portuguese), вычисле́ние (vyčislénije) [neuter] (Russian), tomhas [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), výpočet (Slovak), cálculo [masculine] (Spanish), tuos (Tagalog), pagtutuos (Tagalog), муҳосаба (muhosaba) (Tajik), cyfrifiant (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-computation-en-noun-fNTCcgf3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 71 29 Disambiguation of 'act or process of computing': 98 2 Disambiguation of 'the act or process of computing': 98 2
  2. The result of computation; the amount computed. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the result of computation): разчет (razčet) [masculine] (Bulgarian), résultat (French), Berechnung [feminine] (German), komputuro (Ido), tuos (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-computation-en-noun-L3mfojY7 Disambiguation of 'the result of computation': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: calculus, calculation

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "the act or process of computing",
      "word": "pagtutuos"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "muhosaba",
      "sense": "the act or process of computing",
      "word": "муҳосаба"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "the act or process of computing",
      "word": "cyfrifiant"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razčet",
      "sense": "the result of computation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "разчет"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the result of computation",
      "word": "résultat"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the result of computation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Berechnung"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "the result of computation",
      "word": "komputuro"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "the result of computation",
      "word": "tuos"
    }
  ],
  "word": "computation"
}

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