as in maths
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 calculations
And that's when their calculations revealed that these animals were probably gargantuan — well larger than the giant Pacific octopus, today's biggest member of the family whose arm span often exceeds 13 feet.
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Ari Daniel, NPR, 24 Apr. 2026
In the first 52 days since the conflict started, rising oil and gas prices have forced the bloc to spend an additional €24 billion (around $28 billion) on fossil fuel imports compared to previous levels, according to calculations from the European Commission.
—Tristan Bove, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2026
The researchers’ calculations produced a wave function that showed the distribution of possible paths the photon could take and matched the prediction of the Schrodinger equation.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 23 Apr. 2026
Boothby said his calculations show roughly 6,000 square feet, based on two sections totaling about 4,400 and 1,600 square feet.
—Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2026
And these calculations were completed on the assumption that rates for the money market account will remain constant.
—Matt Richardson, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
The order matters, because most states use figures from the federal tax form as the starting point for their state tax calculations.
—ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026
Those calculations center around the chances of a storm passing within 50 miles of the state.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
And careful calculations show that Earth’s gravitational pull shouldn’t be causing significant lunar tidal heating.
—Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 7 Apr. 2026
Ari Daniel, NPR, 24 Apr. 2026
In the first 52 days since the conflict started, rising oil and gas prices have forced the bloc to spend an additional €24 billion (around $28 billion) on fossil fuel imports compared to previous levels, according to calculations from the European Commission.
—Tristan Bove, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2026
The researchers’ calculations produced a wave function that showed the distribution of possible paths the photon could take and matched the prediction of the Schrodinger equation.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 23 Apr. 2026
Boothby said his calculations show roughly 6,000 square feet, based on two sections totaling about 4,400 and 1,600 square feet.
—Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2026
And these calculations were completed on the assumption that rates for the money market account will remain constant.
—Matt Richardson, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
The order matters, because most states use figures from the federal tax form as the starting point for their state tax calculations.
—ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026
Those calculations center around the chances of a storm passing within 50 miles of the state.
—Doyle Rice, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2026
And careful calculations show that Earth’s gravitational pull shouldn’t be causing significant lunar tidal heating.
—Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 7 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for calculations
Noun
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More variables than a maths textbook.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
17 Jan. 2026
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Two years later, his son having attained A levels in English, maths and sciences, Ramírez’s father flew to Europe to arrange for his further education.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Jan. 2026
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Neuroscientists have found that these events at dendrites can allow even single neurons to perform complex computations — meaning that dendrites are the reason why a single neuron can have the same amount of computational power as a deep artificial neural network.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Quanta Magazine,
24 Apr. 2026
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The Thus processor is the world’s first neural-net compute-in-memory AI audio chip, which is smaller than traditional chips, and requires less power to run complex computations.—
John Higgins,
The Verge,
22 Apr. 2026
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The meeting between the two dignitaries will won’t include a livestreamed news conference like those the president has hosted with other international figures.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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The large monetary figures Ingoglia unveiled during each news conference came from analyses conducted by the state’s Department of Governmental Efficiency team, or DOGE, which had requested budget information from and visited many municipalities across the state.—
Abigail Hasebroock,
Sun Sentinel,
28 Apr. 2026
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“Calculations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calculations. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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