computation
noun
com·pu·ta·tion
ˌkäm-pyu̇-ˈtā-shən 
-pyü-
1
a
: the act or action of computing : calculation
b
: the use or operation of a computer
2
: a system of reckoning
3
: an amount computed
computationally
adverb
Examples of computation in a Sentence
methods used for the computation of taxes
The solution required a series of computations.
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Similarly, in 2024, Google’s 105-qubit Willow chip performed a benchmark computation in under five minutes that would take Frontier, the fastest supercomputer then, 10 septillion (or 1025) years.
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But much of what looks like silence is actually taken up by analogue computation.
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Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2025
Similarly, in 2024, Google’s 105-qubit Willow chip performed a benchmark computation in under five minutes that would take Frontier, the fastest supercomputer then, 10 septillion (or 1025) years.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Oct. 2025
But much of what looks like silence is actually taken up by analogue computation.
—New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2025
Compared with their conventional electronics predecessors, quantum information machines could have advantages in specific tasks of computation, simulation, cryptography and sensing.
—Zhixin Wang, The Conversation, 10 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for computation
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“Computation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/computation. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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computation
noun
com·pu·ta·tion
ˌkäm-pyu̇-ˈtā-shən
1
: the act or action of computing : calculation
2
: a system of calculating especially by mathematical means
3
: an amount computed
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