COMPUTATION
Com`pu*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. computatio: cf. F. computation.]
1. The act or process of computing; calculation; reckoning. By just computation of the time. Shak. By a computation backward from ourselves. Bacon.
2. The result of computation; the amount computed.
Syn.
— Reckoning; calculation; estimate; account.
COMPUTE
Com*pute", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Computed; p. pr. & vb. n. Computing.]
Etym: [L. computare. See Count, v. t.]
Defn: To determine calculation; to reckon; to count.
Two days, as we compute the days of heaven. Milton.
What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted.
Burns.
Syn.
— To calculate; number; count; recken; estimate; enumerate; rate.
See Calculate.
COMPUTE
Com*pute", n. Etym: [L. computus: cf. F. comput.]
Defn: Computation. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
COMPUTER
Com*put"er, n.