Counting vs Calculation - What's the difference?
counting | calculation |
(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
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(countable) Reckoning, estimate.
(countable) An expectation based on circumstances.
As nouns the difference between counting and calculation
is that counting is a count; the act by which something is counted while calculation is the act or process of calculating.As a verb counting
is present participle of lang=en.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.