ciphering 1 of 2

noun

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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ciphering

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verb

present participle of cipher
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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  1. calculation
  2. calculating
  3. arithmetic
  4. figuring
  5. math
  6. computing
  7. computation
Noun
  • And the cosmic radiation that Earth’s atmosphere filters out can scramble calculations, forcing systems to catch and correct errors on the fly.
    — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Per the center’s calculations, a family of four buying a home in Madera County would have to earn no more than $166,800 a year, while a family in Santa Clara County could earn up to $375,800 a year and still qualify.
    — Audrey McGlinchy, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of calculation
Verb
  • Payment history is the largest factor in calculating a FICO® Score, accounting for 35% of the score.
    — Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 4 Oct. 2026
  • People with eating disorders may exhibit compulsive behaviors around both exercise and eating, including working out for multiple hours every day and carefully calculating every aspect of their diet.
    — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of calculating
Noun
  • Yet although supplying air defenses is essential, protecting Ukraine’s skies cannot be the only strategy, because of simple arithmetic.
    — Dmytro Kuleba, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The arithmetic of a shrinking workforce Rowe argued the skilled-labor shortage has become difficult to dismiss as a routine hiring challenge.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of arithmetic
Verb
  • This is also figuring that Warners unleashes Digger on Premium VOD soon and does a decent number relative to the box office because people are curious.
    — Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2026
  • UConn has been figuring it out with 87 new players, many of whom hadn’t seen regular game reps at their prior stop.
    — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of figuring
Noun
  • Finally, planning and coordination are useful for tackling ambitious problems in math, programming, or any other domain.
    — Geoffrey Irving, Time, 3 Oct. 2026
  • And the math, in the case of Pike, is unstable, hinged somewhat arbitrarily on her birthday.
    — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of math
Verb
  • The abundance of computing power created by the AI buildout is also behind Hayes' latest crypto venture, Flop, an AI-agent payments project expected to launch in the first quarter of 2027.
    — Jenny Lee, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
  • If, say, a Chinese model developer can piggyback on all the money and computing power those companies have invested, the incentive to keep making new models starts to evaporate.
    — Peter Hall, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of computing
Noun
  • Our minds take in information from the world (input), manipulate it in some fashion (computation), and then enact behavior (output).
    — Benjamin Riley, The Verge, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Instead of performing computations entirely through conventional electronic circuits, Q/C’s approach uses the interference of light to carry out certain mathematical operations.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of computation
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“Ciphering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ciphering. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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