Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for computation. Search instead for computations.
Definitions

computation

[kom-pyoo-tey-shuhn] / ˌkɒm pyʊˈteɪ ʃən /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Still others argue the underlying assumption here may be mistaken—that consciousness may not be reducible to computation at all.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

If computers can replicate many aspects of reasoning, language and decision-making without exhibiting clear signs of awareness, that fact alone may reveal that consciousness is something more than computation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

It could have a significant impact on the cost of computation.

From Barron's • Jan. 9, 2026

The aim is to find a material that can store information, perform computation, and adapt within the same physical structure and do so in real time.

From Science Daily • Jan. 3, 2026

For them epicycles were useful fictions which made computation of the position of the planets possible.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




Vocabulary lists containing computation