Thesaurus results for CALCULATION

calculation

noun

ˌkal-kyə-ˈlā-shən

Definition of calculation

as in math

the act or process of performing mathematical operations to find a value by my calculation, it should take me a month to save up for the weekend getaway

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Recent Examples of calculation The consultant reasons by filling a notebook with calculations, then hands you a one-sentence answer, and keeps the notebook. — Adam Fish, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026 Those calculations are important because the technical ability to extract heat from hot rock does not automatically translate into an economically viable power plant. — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2026 The company says it's already sold out of its first batch of A3 bots (over a hundred units by my rough calculation). — New Atlas, 25 Aug. 2026 Some of those creative approaches for systems range from complex pharmaceutical reimbursement calculations to new efforts to keep patients insured. — Daniel Payne, STAT, 25 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for calculation

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That’s as test scores in math and reading tanked after schools ditched textbooks in favor of screens.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026
To theoretical computer scientists, the answer lies in the math of algorithms.

— Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of math

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Subsequent research actually backed him up, finding that habitual calculator use before students had internalized basic arithmetic weakened their mental fluency and fact retrieval.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
The synergy requirement remains, and so does the arithmetic behind the job losses.

— Joseph M. Singer, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of arithmetic

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Newer reasoning models do the same thing, spending computation on intermediate steps before returning a final answer, breaking a hard question into parts and working through each one.

— Adam Fish, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
Just like laptops, cars depend on microprocessors and RAM, or random-access memory, to run all of their computations.

— Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of computation

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