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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Computation

/kämˌ-pyət-āsh'-ən/ · Com·pu·ta·tion · IPA /ˌkɑmpjʊˈteɪʃn̩/
01 n. The act or process of computing; calculation; reckoning.
  1. 1.
    The act or process of computing; calculation; reckoning.
    “By just computation of the time.” Shak.
    “By a computation backward from ourselves.” Bacon.
  2. 2.
    The result of computation; the amount computed.
  3. 3.
    The process of performing arithmetical or logical operations, on data by an electronic device.(Computers)