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
The previous calculations can be performed analogously, except in this case, February has 29 days.
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Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2026
Our emissions calculations don’t include truck emissions, because trucks are used in the other methods of food waste disposal as well.
—Ahmed Ibrahim Yunus, The Conversation, 13 Mar. 2026
The timing calculations were constant.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 13 Mar. 2026
The calculation is not this simple, but Newhook has 18 points in 24 games, Texier has 19 points in 32 games, and Gallagher has 20 points in 64 games.
—Arpon Basu, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2026
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Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2026
Our emissions calculations don’t include truck emissions, because trucks are used in the other methods of food waste disposal as well.
—Ahmed Ibrahim Yunus, The Conversation, 13 Mar. 2026
The timing calculations were constant.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 13 Mar. 2026
The calculation is not this simple, but Newhook has 18 points in 24 games, Texier has 19 points in 32 games, and Gallagher has 20 points in 64 games.
—Arpon Basu, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for calculation
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Europe had famously fallen behind in science advancements by the Middle Ages, and the Spanish ruler’s court purposefully sought out and translated Islamic math, astronomy, and medical knowledge.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
19 Mar. 2026
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The math doesn’t work The child care industry faces other challenges.—
Beth Kania-Gosche,
The Conversation,
19 Mar. 2026
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But our board, our investors, our unions, our NGO partners, and policymakers saw beyond the arithmetic.—
Paul Polman,
Fortune,
14 Mar. 2026
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So drivers are now doing constant frantic mental arithmetic about when to deploy extra energy to go faster and when to recharge — at 200 mph, in traffic.—
Alex Kirshner,
New York Times,
8 Mar. 2026
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While diplomats talk about what to do with the key oil chokepoint of the Strait of Hormuz closed, the actual battle for low-cost and robust energy will be won through the integration of physics, subsurface engineering, and advanced computation.—
Siddharth Misra,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
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However, previous photonic systems could only process linear computations using light.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Mar. 2026
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