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
Generating the video takes several minutes—this process takes a lot of computation, which is why video output is still quite limited.
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ArsTechnica, 10 July 2025
Squishy Pebbles The story of Williams’ new result started with progress on a different question about memory in computation: What problems can be solved with extremely limited space?
—Ben Brubaker, Wired News, 13 July 2025
This conceptualization shifts computation from handling discrete states to manipulating specific, continuous, nuanced information.
—Pravir Malik, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
To handle heavy traffic from financial transactions, a blockchain must offload most computations to outside computers.
—Erica Klarreich, Quanta Magazine, 9 July 2025
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ArsTechnica, 10 July 2025
Squishy Pebbles The story of Williams’ new result started with progress on a different question about memory in computation: What problems can be solved with extremely limited space?
—Ben Brubaker, Wired News, 13 July 2025
This conceptualization shifts computation from handling discrete states to manipulating specific, continuous, nuanced information.
—Pravir Malik, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
To handle heavy traffic from financial transactions, a blockchain must offload most computations to outside computers.
—Erica Klarreich, Quanta Magazine, 9 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for computation
Recent Examples of Synonyms for computation
Noun
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The savings projected under Biden were even larger after including purchase incentives in the calculations.—
Ignacio Calderon,
USA Today,
31 July 2025
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When Anthropic silently added additional weekly usage limits to Claude Code, power users were left befuddled, claiming the company’s calculation of usage was inaccurate.—
Rashi Shrivastava,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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Lehrer retired from performing in the 70s, turning to teaching math.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
28 July 2025
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For a lot of young professionals, the math isn’t mathing.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
28 July 2025
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Beginning in 1970, Edwards and a close friend began teaching a class, one afternoon a week, at Argonne National Laboratory, instructing members of the lab’s custodial staff on reading, writing and basic arithmetic.—
Bob Goldsborough,
Chicago Tribune,
24 July 2025
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Researchers have also made progress identifying the procedures that language models use to perform tasks such as retrieving relevant words from earlier in a sentence, identifying the grammatical function (opens a new tab) of certain words or doing simple arithmetic (opens a new tab).—
Ben Brubaker,
Quanta Magazine,
30 Apr. 2025
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“Computation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/computation. Accessed 8 Aug. 2025.
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