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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Developments and strategic threat in the Indian Ocean will always have an important impact on India's maritime calculations.
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Amira El-Fekki, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
The data calculations came from the National Center for Education Statistics as compiled by DATA USA based on 2022 or 2003 data.
—Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2025
In fact, Oura just recently updated its app to offer more accurate calculations of your active time and steps in an effort to improve its fitness tracking capabilities, which have always been limited.
—PC Magazine, 24 May 2025
The director is a compound of desire and calculation—an artist, for sure, but an artist in a medium that requires large amounts of money from people in power.
—David Denby, New Yorker, 23 May 2025
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Amira El-Fekki, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 May 2025
The data calculations came from the National Center for Education Statistics as compiled by DATA USA based on 2022 or 2003 data.
—Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2025
In fact, Oura just recently updated its app to offer more accurate calculations of your active time and steps in an effort to improve its fitness tracking capabilities, which have always been limited.
—PC Magazine, 24 May 2025
The director is a compound of desire and calculation—an artist, for sure, but an artist in a medium that requires large amounts of money from people in power.
—David Denby, New Yorker, 23 May 2025
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Newton’s era, the late 17th century, was a time of rapid progress in science and math.—
Abdo Riani,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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Last July, Foster was featured on Baylor's student-athlete platform for his participation in a math skills summer camp put on by the school.—
Natasha Dye,
People.com,
28 May 2025
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The time has come for House Speaker Daniel Perez, R-Miami, to face up to the brutal arithmetic that explains how Tallahassee works.—
Steve Bousquet,
Sun Sentinel,
17 May 2025
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And of course there’s some other stuff that can do arithmetic better than us.—
Steven Strogatz,
Quanta Magazine,
15 May 2025
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Using this algorithm with hand computations on paper, Lucas showed in 1876 that the 39-digit number (2127 - 1) equals 170,141,183,460,469,231,731,687,303,715,884,105,727, and that value is prime. Also known as M127, this number remains the largest prime verified by hand computations.—
Jeremiah Bartz,
The Conversation,
30 May 2025
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If computation were offloaded to powerful remote servers, VR and AR headsets could function as lightweight terminals, dramatically lowering the barrier to entry for immersive gaming.—
Ivan Shvaichenko,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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“Calculation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calculation. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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