computation
nounEtymology
From late Middle English computacioun, from Middle French computation, from Latin computatiō, from computare (“sum up, reckon, compute”); see compute. Morphologically compute + -ation.
- derived from computatiō
- derived from computation
- inherited from computacioun
Definitions
The act or process of computing
The act or process of computing; calculation; reckoning.
- As there are some naturally deficient in the power of computation, others in an ear for harmony, so Francis Evelyn was utterly devoid of truth—he neither understood its moral beauty nor its actual utility.
The result of computation
The result of computation; the amount computed.
The neighborhood
- synonymcalculus
- synonymcalculation
Derived
biocomputation, computational, computation history, computationism, computationist, computation time, computation tree logic, computative, geocomputation, hypercomputation, metacomputation, microcomputation, miscomputation, neurocomputation, noncomputation, precomputation, recomputation, subcomputation, supercomputation
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at computation. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at computation. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at computation
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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