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
The single qubit in their system reads and organizes information in the oscillators but doesn’t perform the actual computation, as qubits do in other quantum computers.
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Stephen Ornes, Quanta Magazine, 9 June 2025
Multi-party computation, or MPC, is gaining traction as a more advanced security model.
—Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 7 June 2025
The study exposed fundamental limitations in exact computation, revealing that these systems fail to use explicit algorithms and reason inconsistently across similar puzzles.
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
Their function, in this case, was not to bind to a target molecule, but to carry out computations.
—Philip Ball, Wired News, 8 June 2025
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Stephen Ornes, Quanta Magazine, 9 June 2025
Multi-party computation, or MPC, is gaining traction as a more advanced security model.
—Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 7 June 2025
The study exposed fundamental limitations in exact computation, revealing that these systems fail to use explicit algorithms and reason inconsistently across similar puzzles.
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
Their function, in this case, was not to bind to a target molecule, but to carry out computations.
—Philip Ball, Wired News, 8 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for computation
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As wages tend to rise over time, each new group of retirees raises the average benefit amount, since their benefit calculations typically reflect higher earnings.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 July 2025
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In its most recent calculation for costs, the Congressional Budget Office said the legislation will add some $3.3 trillion to deficits over the next decade.—
Zach Halaschak,
The Washington Examiner,
4 July 2025
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That’s the math that should drive every marketing decision.—
Michael Fox,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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Here’s why: By the simplest math Miami gives up two starters and gets one, a lopsidedness that the Fins’ slight edge in the picks swap does not make up for.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
1 July 2025
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That's the arithmetic that prompted Moody's to cut its rating on U.S. debt, from its top rating of Aaa to Aa1.—
Alain Sherter,
CBS News,
19 May 2025
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So doing the work is the arithmetic, and AI is the algebra, intelligence leverages are the calculus.—
John Werner,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Computation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/computation. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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