Definition of computation

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Computation (n.) The act or process of computing; calculation; reckoning.

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Compute :: Compute (n.) Computation.
Residual :: Residual (n.) The difference of the results obtained by observation, and by computation from a formula..
Miscomputation :: Miscomputation (n.) Erroneous computation; false reckoning.
Calculation :: Calculation (n.) The act or process, or the result, of calculating; computation; reckoning, estimate..
Ab :: Ab (n.) The fifth month of the Jewish year according to the ecclesiastical reckoning, the eleventh by the civil computation, coinciding nearly with August..
Table :: Table (n.) Any collection and arrangement in a condensed form of many particulars or values, for ready reference, as of weights, measures, currency, specific gravities, etc.; also, a series of numbers following some law, and expressing particular values corresponding to certain other numbers on which they depend, and by means of which they are taken out for use in computations; as, tables of logarithms, sines, tangents, squares, cubes, etc.; annuity tables; interest tables; astronomical tables,
Multiplication :: Multiplication (n.) The process of repeating, or adding to itself, any given number or quantity a certain number of times; commonly, the process of ascertaining by a briefer computation the result of such repeated additions; also, the rule by which the operation is performed; -- the reverse of division..
Reckon :: Reckon (v. i.) To make an enumeration or computation; to engage in numbering or computing.
Outreckon :: Outreckon (v. t.) To exceed in reckoning or computation.
Misreckoning :: Misreckoning (n.) An erroneous computation.
Calculate :: Calculate (v. i.) To ascertain or predict by mathematical or astrological computations the time, circumstances, or other conditions of; to forecast or compute the character or consequences of; as, to calculate or cast one's nativity..
Neptune :: Neptune (n.) The remotest known planet of our system, discovered -- as a result of the computations of Leverrier, of Paris -- by Galle, of Berlin, September 23, 1846. Its mean distance from the sun is about 2,775,000,000 miles, and its period of revolution is about 164,78 years..
Calculating :: Calculating (n.) The act or process of making mathematical computations or of estimating results.
Measurable :: Measurable (a.) Capable of being measured; susceptible of mensuration or computation.
Account :: Account (n.) A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time..
Duodecimal :: Duodecimal (a.) Proceeding in computation by twelves; expressed in the scale of twelves.
Coefficient :: Coefficient (n.) A number, commonly used in computation as a factor, expressing the amount of some change or effect under certain fixed conditions as to temperature, length, volume, etc.; as, the coefficient of expansion; the coefficient of friction..
Reduce :: Reduce (n.) To bring into a certain order, arrangement, classification, etc.; to bring under rules or within certain limits of descriptions and terms adapted to use in computation; as, to reduce animals or vegetables to a class or classes; to reduce a series of observations in astronomy; to reduce language to rules..
Computation :: Computation (n.) The result of computation; the amount computed.
Computation :: Computation (n.) The act or process of computing; calculation; reckoning.
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