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
According to the company, this same computation would take Frontier, currently considered the world’s fastest supercomputer and operated by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and U.S. Department of Energy, 10 septillion years to solve.
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Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 27 Feb. 2025
Clearly, this is a multi-dimensional computation, and not a matter of guesswork.
—Terry Savage, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2025
Ten years ago, researchers proved that adding full memory can theoretically aid computation.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 18 Feb. 2025
The calcium ion served as a local memory and was used in computations, while the strontium ion served as one of the two ends of the quantum network.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 5 Feb. 2025
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Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 27 Feb. 2025
Clearly, this is a multi-dimensional computation, and not a matter of guesswork.
—Terry Savage, Chicago Tribune, 24 Feb. 2025
Ten years ago, researchers proved that adding full memory can theoretically aid computation.
—Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 18 Feb. 2025
The calcium ion served as a local memory and was used in computations, while the strontium ion served as one of the two ends of the quantum network.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 5 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for computation
Recent Examples of Synonyms for computation
Noun
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Supports complex calculations such as currency conversions, consolidation logic and hierarchical rollups for Group Reporting.—
Govinda Rao Banothu,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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The calculation of homeless mortality rates is inherently unstable.—
Doug Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Ukraine’s own heavy losses could alter the casualty math.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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But GPUs had a knack for running the math that powers what are known as neural networks, which can learn skills by analyzing large amounts of data.—
Cade Metz,
New York Times,
17 Mar. 2025
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This particular bump, as opposed to the previous ones in NBA history, is not driven by simple arithmetic.—
Lev Akabas,
Sportico.com,
7 Jan. 2025
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There was unusual arithmetic that needed to be considered.—
Nick Kosmider,
The Athletic,
28 Dec. 2024
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“Computation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/computation. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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