American English
/ˌkʰɑm.pjəˈtʰeɪ.ʃn̩/
4 syllables · Stress the third syllable.
The process of using numbers, rules, or data to find an answer.
Practice out loudThe process of using numbers, rules, or data to find an answer.
The computation of the total took several minutes.
This is a difficult computation.
complex computation · numerical computation
the computation of + noun
a/an + adjective + computation
The use of computers to process, store, or analyze information.
The project requires more computation than expected.
Modern computation can analyze huge amounts of data.
parallel computation · computation time
computation + noun
the use of computation in + noun
Use computation for the general activity and computations for separate calculations.