Dictionary entry

Computation

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Com′pu‐ta″tion (?), n. [L. computatio: cf. F. computation.] 1. The act or process of computing; calculation; reckoning.

By just computation of the time.

Shak.

By a computation backward from ourselves.

Bacon.

2. The result of computation; the amount computed.

Syn. — Reckoning; calculation; estimate; account.