as in calculations
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 computations
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.
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Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 24 Apr. 2026
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
Amazon makes most of its money providing computations and storage in the cloud.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2026
This is critical for maintaining coherence in quantum systems during longer computations.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 14 Apr. 2026
Other milestones include higher qubit counts — which increase the potential size and complexity of problems a quantum computer can represent and help solve — and coherence times, which allow more reliable computations by reducing the impact of noise and errors.
—Dylan Butts,matthew Chin, CNBC, 30 Mar. 2026
Super Micro makes high-performance computer servers that can accommodate hyper-advanced computations and processes needed for artificial intelligence and other cutting-edge technologies.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2026
However, until recently, these computations involved perfect mergers that always resulted in spheres instead of any other shapes.
—Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 26 Feb. 2026
Whereas most computers use CPUs (central processing units) to perform the majority of their computations, the specialized GPUs (graphical processing units) and TPUs (tensor processing units) used in AI data centers use several times as much energy per computer as a standard CPU would.
—Big Think, 24 Feb. 2026
Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 24 Apr. 2026
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
Amazon makes most of its money providing computations and storage in the cloud.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2026
This is critical for maintaining coherence in quantum systems during longer computations.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 14 Apr. 2026
Other milestones include higher qubit counts — which increase the potential size and complexity of problems a quantum computer can represent and help solve — and coherence times, which allow more reliable computations by reducing the impact of noise and errors.
—Dylan Butts,matthew Chin, CNBC, 30 Mar. 2026
Super Micro makes high-performance computer servers that can accommodate hyper-advanced computations and processes needed for artificial intelligence and other cutting-edge technologies.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2026
However, until recently, these computations involved perfect mergers that always resulted in spheres instead of any other shapes.
—Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 26 Feb. 2026
Whereas most computers use CPUs (central processing units) to perform the majority of their computations, the specialized GPUs (graphical processing units) and TPUs (tensor processing units) used in AI data centers use several times as much energy per computer as a standard CPU would.
—Big Think, 24 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for computations
Noun
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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.—
Ari Daniel,
NPR,
24 Apr. 2026
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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
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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“Computations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/computations. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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