Computation \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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)