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 The reversal underscores how quickly the calculations of Asia’s wealthy can change. — Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026 The Patriot system tracks the missile, predicts its path and launches within minutes, all while carrying out complex calculations to ensure the interceptor finds its target. — Emma Burrows, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026 The team investigated the mechanism using in-situ Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy and density functional theory calculations. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 26 Aug. 2026 The consultant reasons by filling a notebook with calculations, then hands you a one-sentence answer, and keeps the notebook. — Adam Fish, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026 Those calculations are important because the technical ability to extract heat from hot rock does not automatically translate into an economically viable power plant. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2026 Those calculations assume the borrower keeps the same repayment timeline, though. — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026 The White House did not provide their list of endorsements used in their calculations when asked by USA TODAY. — Emily R. Condon, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026 Across the 10 seasons PSR was in operation from 2015-16 onwards, our calculations turned up 40 separate instances of SCR excesses. — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 21 Aug. 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
  • Just like laptops, cars depend on microprocessors and RAM, or random-access memory, to run all of their computations.
    — Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2026
  • TPUs belong to the class of chips known as AI accelerators, which are tailored to perform the mathematical computations that underpin generative AI models.
    — Kevin Stankiewicz,Jeff Marks, CNBC, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of computations
Noun
  • Paying multiple creators or celebrities to attend and post can add another six figures, pushing a larger activation into the several-hundred-thousand-dollar range.
    — Jessica Schiffer, Vogue, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Those figures showcase how many workers view AI as a helpful tool for their schedules rather than a threat to their positions.
    — Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of figures

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“Calculations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calculations. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

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