calculation
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Man isn’t surpassed by the machine, because man isn’t reducible to calculation or mechanical processes.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026
No, the analogy can’t take us that far; there are no ingredients here, just a calculation you could, in principle, do by hand.
From Slate • May 25, 2026
The figure is a rough calculation based on an estimated 331 trillion won in operating profit -- in line with market consensus reported by Yonhap News Agency -- and roughly 78,000 chip employees.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
The team spent more than a decade refining the calculation.
From Science Daily • May 19, 2026
Using the same calculation but plugging in the best modern estimate of the size of the Earth’s orbit, Rømer’s own observations give the speed of light as 298,000 kilometres per second.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
Vocabulary lists containing calculation
Operations and Algebraic Thinking
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Number and Operations in Base Ten
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