as in calculation
the act or process of performing mathematical operations to find a value
we were able to divide the dinner bill fairly with a little computation
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Recent Examples of computation
And it’s now known that origami can be used to perform all sorts of computations.
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Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 6 Oct. 2025
In other words, the future belongs to human originality, not computation.
—Big Think, 2 Oct. 2025
The difference this time is that there are only a few who can do the buildout, namely Oracle and Coreweave, as well as Nvidia and other chipmakers that help out in the computation and communications process.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2025
According to the team, these computations should make the system feasible for industrial-scale use.
—Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2025
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Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 6 Oct. 2025
In other words, the future belongs to human originality, not computation.
—Big Think, 2 Oct. 2025
The difference this time is that there are only a few who can do the buildout, namely Oracle and Coreweave, as well as Nvidia and other chipmakers that help out in the computation and communications process.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2025
According to the team, these computations should make the system feasible for industrial-scale use.
—Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for computation
Recent Examples of Synonyms for computation
Noun
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Those same calculations on the remaining vested options, however, would almost certainly produce a number significantly lower than 25% of that original $500 million.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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Political calculations have shaped the conduct of Imran Khan’s trial.—
Rafia Zakaria,
Time,
6 Nov. 2025
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Students at the school are not performing well either — only 13% and 7% of students met state standards in English language arts and math this year, respectively, with little to no growth over the past several years.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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But as Luria puts it, the bear case for CoreWeave is simple math.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
8 Nov. 2025
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Excess Burghers became a fixture of imperial life, the answer to a chronic social problem, the unfortunate result of simple arithmetic.—
George Packer,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
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Simple arithmetic such as 355/113 could be calculated in place by selecting the text and pressing USE FRONT-CALC (Control-G), which yields the answer with a dotted underline to indicate the result of a computation.—
Cameron Kaiser,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Computation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/computation. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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