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
Based on his calculations, the impactor was likely part of the Taurid meteor stream, striking the moon at a velocity of 27 km/s (60,000 mph) and an angle of 35 degrees.
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Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 4 Nov. 2025
By Tuesday evening, the off-year elections will also be over, clearing the calendar of any imminent political calculations.
—Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 3 Nov. 2025
To her, the spirit of the birthday club was always about connection, not calculation.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 2 Nov. 2025
With Virginia often considered a swing state, the race’s outcome could influence both state and national political calculations heading into 2026 and beyond.
—Deputy News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
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Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 4 Nov. 2025
By Tuesday evening, the off-year elections will also be over, clearing the calendar of any imminent political calculations.
—Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 3 Nov. 2025
To her, the spirit of the birthday club was always about connection, not calculation.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 2 Nov. 2025
With Virginia often considered a swing state, the race’s outcome could influence both state and national political calculations heading into 2026 and beyond.
—Deputy News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for calculation
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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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That just sounds like binary computation.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
10 Nov. 2025
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Demand for subsea cables is increasing as tech giants race to develop computation-intensive artificial intelligence models and connect their growing networks of data centers.—
Magdalena Petrova,
CNBC,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Calculation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calculation. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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