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
After orbital computations were made both in the U.S., and Great Britain, it was discovered that these dazzling meteors had remarkably similar orbits and had possibly originated either in the asteroid belt, or as perhaps the debris from an unknown short-period comet.
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Joe Rao, Space.com, 6 Apr. 2025
Huang asserted that the groundbreaking model will actually require more computation than many in the industry thought.
—Julie Coleman, CNBC, 19 Mar. 2025
Apple Intelligence, introduced last fall for the iPhone 16 series, iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max, plus all current Macs and most iPads, does a lot of its computation on-device.
—David Phelan, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
The ball’s exit from the bottom of the box marks the end of the computation, with the final location as the result.
—Charlie Wood, Wired News, 6 Apr. 2025
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Joe Rao, Space.com, 6 Apr. 2025
Huang asserted that the groundbreaking model will actually require more computation than many in the industry thought.
—Julie Coleman, CNBC, 19 Mar. 2025
Apple Intelligence, introduced last fall for the iPhone 16 series, iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max, plus all current Macs and most iPads, does a lot of its computation on-device.
—David Phelan, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
The ball’s exit from the bottom of the box marks the end of the computation, with the final location as the result.
—Charlie Wood, Wired News, 6 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for computation
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The intersection’s layout and activity produced almost 18.8 crashes a year between 2018 and 2022, according to city calculations.—
Jaime Moore-Carrillo,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Apr. 2025
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The data that drives those forecasts informs the calculations for an untold number of property insurance policies in the country, helping to channel billions of dollars in aid to home and business owners in the aftermath of natural disasters.—
Abrahm Lustgarten,
ProPublica,
24 Apr. 2025
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The course is Duolingo's first since its music and math courses were released in 2023.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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There is nothing radical about helping students understand math or U.S. history.—
David Bloomfield,
New York Daily News,
22 Apr. 2025
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But in incredibly rough arithmetic, playing both receiver and cornerback in the league would double any chance of injury.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
4 Apr. 2025
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In the arithmetic of GDP, this depresses the growth rate.—
Axios,
Axios,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Computation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/computation. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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