calculations

noun

plural of calculation
as in maths
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 calculations This glitch marks the latest in a series of administrative failures, following false delinquency notices and incorrect repayment calculations, as major federal student loan reforms are implemented. — Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026 By his calculations, the past two years have seen the highest unemployment for recent grads since 2016. — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026 Its broader applications include drug discovery, catalysis and materials science, where molecular-level calculations can help researchers evaluate potential compounds and materials before moving to physical experiments. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2026 Amazon Web Services completed several studies, doing calculations based on how many employees and trucks would run through the site. — Maya Wilkins, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026 When pilots’ calculations show that an aircraft cannot safely depart, the companies decide to reduce cargo, carry less fuel, wait for cooler temperatures or even ask passengers to rebook on another flight. — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026 These issues are typically handled by performing simplified calculations using fewer qubits and verifying the results on classical hardware. — ArsTechnica, 30 July 2026 Initial calculations suggested the roughly 340-meter-diameter rock had a one-in-37 chance of impacting Earth in 2029. — Andrew Jones, Scientific American, 30 July 2026 If the older calculations conflicted with newer results, and the older calculations were based on experimental data, was something strange going on in those old experiments? — Matt Von Hippel, Quanta Magazine, 29 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for calculations
  1. maths
  2. computations
  3. figures
Noun
  • From the age of 14, pupils will be able to combine technical subjects like manufacturing and AI with core subjects like maths and English.
    — Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 29 July 2026
  • As a school-leaving-age young woman in 2012, simple maths dictates that she must have been conceived around the time of a conflict that was also defined by the use of mass rape as a weapon of war.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 26 May 2026
Definition of maths
Noun
  • The chip giant started linking its GPUs together in 2016 to make its own supercomputer perfect for running billions of parallel computations for artificial intelligence.
    — Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The exponential rate of computations achieved through quantum computers are expected to solve challenges of drug discovery, climate change, and energy security for humanity.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of computations
Noun
  • Beyond the figures, a scroll of social media or a quick scan of the girlies at airports and Pilates reformer studios in major cities will tell you that Alo continues to capture serious athleisure market share.
    — Lucy Maguire, Vogue, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Mundo Deportivo corroborates these key figures, while noting that Cancelo only has a year left on his contract at Al-Hilal.
    — Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of figures

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“Calculations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calculations. Accessed 9 Aug. 2026.

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