as in calculation
the act or process of performing mathematical operations to find a value
he wasn't very good at ciphering, but he had excellent language skills
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as in calculating
to determine (a value) by doing the necessary mathematical operations
were surprised by how much we had spent on the cruise after we had ciphered out the grand total
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Noun
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To acquire the rest, the parent company needs to pay about $2.2 billion, according to Forbes’ calculation based on the filing.—
Yue Wang,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025 -
According to their calculations, based on official trade data, the toy industry would suffer the most should the 145-percent rate on Chinese imports remain in place.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 May 2025
Verb
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In high-stress emergencies, calculating the correct dose to withdraw from a vial takes time and increases the risk of error.—
Arthur L. Kellermann,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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The remark was made by the calculating corporate climber Tom Wambsgans, on spotting a large Burberry handbag worn by a woman outside of the Roy family’s inner circle.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN Money,
9 Apr. 2025
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In a few years, AI models (paired with formal verification systems to check for accuracy) might be able to prove these lemmas automatically, in the same way that mathematicians currently outsource simple arithmetic to computer programs.—
Jordana Cepelewicz,
Quanta Magazine,
30 Apr. 2025
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Franklin’s was an age in which arithmetic was not yet a core part of American elementary education.—
James Fox,
Smithsonian Magazine,
19 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Donna Martin At first, the math of Donna Martin being a Capricorn (her birthday is on Christmas) wasn’t adding up.—
Lisa Stardust,
People.com,
17 May 2025
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The math is simple—as more Americans get back to work, higher employment equals higher payroll tax receipts which Medicare and Social Security depend on.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 May 2025
Verb
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The actors' strike also posed the same problem for OD, Kojima's second game in development, powered by cloud computing technology from Microsoft's Xbox division.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
3 Jan. 2025
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The proliferation of mobile banking and the need for real-time transaction processing has pushed computing to the edge.—
Ramasankar Molleti,
Forbes,
3 Jan. 2025
Noun
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And if the computation continued forever, the material had no gap.—
Charlie Wood,
Wired News,
6 Apr. 2025
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Those facilities are crucial to powering the billions of computations that make artificial intelligence possible.—
Richard Nieva,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Ciphering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ciphering. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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