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
The extra possibilities allowed each particle to hold more information, often reducing the number of steps needed for a complex computation.
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Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
This volatile short-term memory allows the same component to both detect chemicals and perform in-sensor computation in a wet, physiological environment, the first of its kind to achieve this.
—New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2025
Just as a logical gate in a regular computer changes bits from 0 to 1 to allow computation, quantum gates manipulate qubits.
—Ananya Palivela, Scientific American, 30 Aug. 2025
Those models require huge amounts of computation to make very narrow predictions.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 22 Aug. 2025
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Shalma Wegsman, Quanta Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025
This volatile short-term memory allows the same component to both detect chemicals and perform in-sensor computation in a wet, physiological environment, the first of its kind to achieve this.
—New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2025
Just as a logical gate in a regular computer changes bits from 0 to 1 to allow computation, quantum gates manipulate qubits.
—Ananya Palivela, Scientific American, 30 Aug. 2025
Those models require huge amounts of computation to make very narrow predictions.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 22 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for computation
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The drawing shows a sketch of an airplane and contains multiple calculations and notes, court records show.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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In theory, this allows calculation of an accurate IT cost per team.—
Kathleen Hurley,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Buffett waits until the long-term math makes sense, and interest rates both their absolute level and their shape across maturities are central to that equation.—
Robert Daugherty,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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The math revealed something shocking.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 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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The arithmetic of the French National Assembly – the key hurdle to getting any budget passed – hasn’t changed with a new prime minister.—
Joseph Ataman,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Computation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/computation. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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