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computation

[kom-pyoo-tey-shuh n]
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noun
  1. an act, process, or method of computing; calculation.
  2. a result of computing.
  3. the amount computed.

Origin of computation

1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin computātiōn- (stem of computātiō), equivalent to computāt(us) (past participle of computāre; see compute) + -iōn- -ion
Related formscom·pu·ta·tion·al, adjectivecom·pu·ta·tive, adjectivecom·pu·ta·tive·ly, adverbmis·com·pu·ta·tion, nounnon·com·pu·ta·tion, nounre·com·pu·ta·tion, noun
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Examples from the Web for recomputation

Historical Examples

  • Because the latter is so cheap, clearly its use is more desirable than the recomputation of the rotated view.

    On-Line Data-Acquisition Systems in Nuclear Physics, 1969

    H. W. Fulbright et al.

British Dictionary definitions for recomputation

computation

noun
  1. a calculation involving numbers or quantities
Derived Formscomputational, adjective
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Word Origin and History for recomputation

computation

n.

early 15c., from Middle French computation, from Latin computationem (nominative computatio), noun of action from past participle stem of computare "to sum up, reckon, compute" (see compute).

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