Com`pu*ta"tion (?), n. [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.
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