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 However, until recently, these computations involved perfect mergers that always resulted in spheres instead of any other shapes. —

Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 26 Feb. 2026 Whereas most computers use CPUs (central processing units) to perform the majority of their computations, the specialized GPUs (graphical processing units) and TPUs (tensor processing units) used in AI data centers use several times as much energy per computer as a standard CPU would. —

Big Think, 24 Feb. 2026 But AIs will just happily blast through those tedious computations. —

Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2026 Lovable will provide building credits, or tokens, per participant, reducing the cost of AI computation for upper-level programming. —

Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 18 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for computation

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Achieving a true quantum advantage in chemistry will likely require breakthroughs in both hardware and algorithms before quantum computers can surpass classical machines on these fundamental molecular calculations.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 14 Mar. 2026
That ticking clock is where the Republican silence on tariffs transforms from a tactical calculation into a potential strategic catastrophe.

— Jay Caruso, The Washington Examiner, 13 Mar. 2026