English noun: computation |
1. | computation (act) the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods |
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| Synonyms | calculation, computing |
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| Broader (hypernym) | procedure, process |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | mathematical operation, mathematical process, number crunching, operation, recalculation, transposition |
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2. | computation (cognition) problem solving that involves numbers or quantities |
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| Synonyms | calculation, figuring, reckoning |
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| Broader (hypernym) | problem solving |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | approximation, conversion, derivative, derived function, differential, differential coefficient, estimate, estimation, extrapolation, first derivative, idea, integral, interpolation |
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