as in calculation
the act or process of performing mathematical operations to find a value
he wasn't very good at ciphering, but he had excellent language skills
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as in calculating
to determine (a value) by doing the necessary mathematical operations
were surprised by how much we had spent on the cruise after we had ciphered out the grand total
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Noun
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Now, the farmer is running the calculations.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
16 May 2026 -
Often referred to as the next frontier of computing, quantum computers are being sought to complete calculations that are impossible for classical computers.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
15 May 2026
Verb
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Clearing cold cases in 2026 Every law enforcement agency across the country reports crime and investigation statistics to the federal government differently, making calculating the number of cold cases solved each year exceedingly difficult.—
Drew Pittock,
USA Today,
13 May 2026
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Spoofing relies on transmitting false signals that mimic authentic satellite signals to trick signal receivers into calculating erroneous positions for aircraft and other users.—
Andrew Cunningham,
ArsTechnica,
11 May 2026
Noun
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Orders that once required training and mental arithmetic now practically wrote themselves.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
15 May 2026
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Extrapolate those trend lines, and the arithmetic becomes alarming.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
4 May 2026
Verb
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My journey to figuring things out and healing is now through helping other people.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
15 May 2026
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The data suggests people may be figuring that out.—
Teri Sforza,
Oc Register,
15 May 2026
Noun
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Now, if someone like Giannis Antetokounmpo is added, that would change that math.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
15 May 2026
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Or, if your Social Security funds are mixed with other income in the same account, the math becomes more complicated, and these protections may not cover the full balance.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
Verb
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Underwater infrastructure challenges Underwater computing infrastructure introduces several operational challenges despite its efficiency benefits.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
19 May 2026
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Money is pouring into the industry, but most of it is for computing power, not people.—
Jonathan Weber,
Fortune,
19 May 2026
Noun
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In simulation tests, the MIGHTY trajectory-planning system completed tasks using only about 90 percent of the computation time required by leading existing methods while reaching destinations roughly 15 percent faster.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
19 May 2026
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The technical foundation is multi-party computation.—
Boaz Sobrado,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2026
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“Ciphering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ciphering. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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