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computation.

The act or process of computing; calculation; reckoning.

11 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˌkɒmpjʊˈteɪʃn̩/Received-Pronunciation/ˌkɑmpjʊˈteɪʃn̩/General-American, dialectal/ˌkɒmpjʊˈteɪʃən/Canada, dialectal/ˌkɔmpjʊˈtæɪʃən/Australia
  1. The act or process of computing; calculation; reckoning.

    countable · uncountable
  2. The result of computation; the amount computed.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From late Middle English computacioun, from Middle French computation, from Latin computatiō, from computare (“sum up, reckon, compute”); see compute. Morphologically compute + -ation.

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