Thesaurus results for COMPUTATION

computation

noun

ˌkäm-pyu̇-ˈtā-shən

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 About that same time, Chinese scholars were compiling the Jiuzhang Suanshu, a mathematical treatise focused on solving practical problems with computation. —

Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026 Viewed through this lens, consciousness is not a computation, an input-output process, or a function. —

Shai Tubali, Big Think, 27 Mar. 2026 Techno-Resource Sovereignty is the science of harnessing the subsurface earth and energy resources through the lens of computation. —

Siddharth Misra, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026 And at the very top, nature was perfectly described via impossibly intensive computation—something like what God might see. —

Chi Chen, IEEE Spectrum, 2 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for computation

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Among those measures was a proposal requiring any ballot measure establishing a fee to undergo a thorough analysis and calculation as to the fee amount before it is presented to voters.

— Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
Understanding the nuances of these calculations is complex.

— William Jones, Sacbee.com, 17 Apr. 2026