as in calculation
the act or process of performing mathematical operations to find a value
we were able to divide the dinner bill fairly with a little computation
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Recent Examples of computation
This concept draws a parallel analogy between AI development and the industrial process where raw data comes in, is refined through computation, and yields valuable products through insights and intelligent models.
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Janakiram Msv, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
In some ways, a lot of people see it as a zero-sum game – as computation and technical skills and STEM eclipsing those old disciplines of art, and culture, and language.
—John Werner, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
But that same toolbox has applications in enhanced precision measurements, in quantum computation.
—Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025
This computation will be made by the IRS two years from the year of your conversion.
—Elliot Raphaelson, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2025
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Janakiram Msv, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
In some ways, a lot of people see it as a zero-sum game – as computation and technical skills and STEM eclipsing those old disciplines of art, and culture, and language.
—John Werner, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
But that same toolbox has applications in enhanced precision measurements, in quantum computation.
—Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025
This computation will be made by the IRS two years from the year of your conversion.
—Elliot Raphaelson, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for computation
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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
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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
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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
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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
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“Computation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/computation. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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