as in math
the act or process of performing mathematical operations to find a value
by my calculation, it should take me a month to save up for the weekend getaway
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Recent Examples of calculation
By Professor Joao Gomes’s calculations, President Trump’s tariff regime is netting his expenditure at zero as opposed to improving the balance sheet.
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2025
Many presentations touched on the wonders that such quantum computers can theoretically perform — calculations that are effectively impossible for any computer chip built from silicon transistors.
—Quanta Magazine, 8 Aug. 2025
In 2023, city commissioners passed a resolution similar to Wednesday night’s, demanding that the county study lead emissions at North Perry Airport after a Sun Sentinel investigation that revealed North Perry ranks fifth in the country for lead emissions based on EPA calculations.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2025
The bookings forecast for the current period represents an 18% to 21% growth rate, according to Bloomberg calculations, faster than the 17% gain in second-quarter bookings.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2025
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2025
Many presentations touched on the wonders that such quantum computers can theoretically perform — calculations that are effectively impossible for any computer chip built from silicon transistors.
—Quanta Magazine, 8 Aug. 2025
In 2023, city commissioners passed a resolution similar to Wednesday night’s, demanding that the county study lead emissions at North Perry Airport after a Sun Sentinel investigation that revealed North Perry ranks fifth in the country for lead emissions based on EPA calculations.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2025
The bookings forecast for the current period represents an 18% to 21% growth rate, according to Bloomberg calculations, faster than the 17% gain in second-quarter bookings.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for calculation
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The national erosion of math skills could cost hundreds of billions in future earnings.—
Marielys Divanne,
New York Daily News,
19 Aug. 2025
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Both tea groups performed better on the math puzzles than the hot water group.2 Because hojicha tea contains relatively little caffeine, scientists theorized that this benefit may actually be due to compounds found in its aroma.2 2.—
Sarah Bence,
Verywell Health,
19 Aug. 2025
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Pruning involves eliminating redundant parameters that don’t significantly impact accuracy, and quantization converts the models to use lower-precision arithmetic to save on computation and memory usage.—
Dwith Chenna,
IEEE Spectrum,
20 July 2025
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In large numbers, transistors can represent nearly every number, refer to parts of the system’s memory, and do arithmetic.—
Kif Leswing,
CNBC,
27 June 2025
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Those models require huge amounts of computation to make very narrow predictions.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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That means bridging the gap between verifiable computation and regulated capital.—
Sean Lee,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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“Calculation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calculation. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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