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Calculation vs Numbering - What's the difference?

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Calculation is a related term of numbering.


As nouns the difference between calculation and numbering

is that calculation is (mathematics|uncountable) the act or process of calculating while numbering is a sequence of numbers indicating order or otherwise used for identification.

As a verb numbering is

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calculation

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (mathematics, uncountable) The act or process of calculating.
  • (mathematics, countable) The result of calculating.
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    • , author=Michael Riordan , title=Tackling Infinity , volume=100, issue=1, page=86 , magazine= 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.}}
  • (countable) Reckoning, estimate.
    • By my calculation, we should be there by midnight.
  • (countable) An expectation based on circumstances.

    • Synonyms

    * (act or process of calculating) calculating]], computation, [[compute, computing, reckoning (old ) * (Result of calculation) sum * (estimate) estimate, guess, reckoning, measurement

    Related terms

    * calculable * calculate * calculator * calculus

    Anagrams

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    numbering

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sequence of numbers indicating order or otherwise used for identification.
  • The action of creating or assigning such a sequence for identification.
  • The action of counting or ordering with numbers.

    • Derived terms

    * autonumbering

    Verb

    (head)