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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The drawing shows a sketch of an airplane and contains multiple calculations and notes, court records show.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025 -
In theory, this allows calculation of an accurate IT cost per team.—
Kathleen Hurley,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Unlike navigating on a flat map using Euclidean geometry, aeronautical navigation requires solving complex problems by calculating position and plotting courses on a model of the Earth as an ellipsoid, or a sphere.—
Natasha Gural,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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His dark, calculating gaze takes ahold of me with all the intensity of a bolt of lightning striking me down from above.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Simple arithmetic such as 355/113 could be calculated in place by selecting the text and pressing USE FRONT-CALC (Control-G), which yields the answer with a dotted underline to indicate the result of a computation.—
Cameron Kaiser,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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The arithmetic of the French National Assembly – the key hurdle to getting any budget passed – hasn’t changed with a new prime minister.—
Joseph Ataman,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Some companies are figuring it out and seeing real value.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
9 Sep. 2025
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This is the era of all-nighters, early classes, cafeteria skin, and figuring it all out.—
Larry Stansbury,
Essence,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Buffett waits until the long-term math makes sense, and interest rates both their absolute level and their shape across maturities are central to that equation.—
Robert Daugherty,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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The math revealed something shocking.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Put simply, the gargantuan wave of capital that's been fueling the construction of data centers to meet AI computing demand isn't slowing down.—
Zev Fima,
CNBC,
15 Sep. 2025
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After graduation, Natthaphong founded a cloud computing company before first getting elected as a Future Forward MP in 2019.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Photonic quantum computing is a quantum computation approach that uses photons—particles of light—as qubits.—
Gil Press,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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If the variables underlying a particular computation were changed, its result would automatically update.—
Cameron Kaiser,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
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“Ciphering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ciphering. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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