Calculation vs Figuring - What's the difference?
calculation | figuring | Synonyms |
(mathematics, uncountable) The act or process of calculating.
(mathematics, countable) The result of calculating.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2012-01
, author=Michael Riordan
, title=Tackling Infinity
, volume=100, issue=1, page=86
, magazine=
(countable) Reckoning, estimate.
(countable) An expectation based on circumstances.
As a noun calculation
is the act or process of calculating.As a verb figuring is
present participle of figure.calculation
English
Noun
(en-noun)citation, passage=Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when theorists try to prod their calculations into new domains. Getting rid of these nagging infinities has probably occupied far more effort than was spent in originating the theories.}}
- By my calculation, we should be there by midnight.
