Meaning & use
computation
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The act or process of calculating something, especially using mathematics or a computer.
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The computation of the spacecraft's trajectory took the team several days.
Modern computers can perform billions of computations per second.
A note on using this word
Computation often implies a formal or systematic process, as in mathematics or computer science, rather than simple everyday counting.
Words with a similar meaning
calculationreckoning
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