Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)The act or process of computing; calculation; reckoning.
Berechnung, Rechnen
вычисле́ниеvyčislénije
(countable, uncountable)The result of computation; the amount computed.
Berechnung
- the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods
- problem solving that involves numbers or quantities
Examples
4 sentencesMachine learning demands a lot of computation.
I'm not sure if my computer can handle that many computations.
The notion of algorithm forms the core of all of the computation theory.
ruПонятие алгоритма лежит в основе всей информатики.
deDer Begriff des Algorithmus bildet den Kern der gesamten Berechnungstheorie.
The software quietly runs computations in the background, searching for unusual objects such as pulsars.
Translations
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Origin
From late Middle English computacioun, from Middle French computation, from Latin computatFrom 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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Forms
plural: computations| Singular | computation |
|---|---|
| Plural | computations |
regular
Synonyms
6 synonyms- the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods:calculationcomputing
- problem solving that involves numbers or quantities:calculationfiguringreckoning
Word family
18 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable