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COMPUTE

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 I. (verb) 

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Meaning:

Make a mathematical calculation or computation

Synonyms:

calculate; cipher; compute; cypher; figure; reckon; work out

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "compute" is one way to...):

reason (think logically)

Verb group:

work out (be calculated)

Domain category:

math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "compute"):

resolve; solve (find the solution)

capitalise; capitalize (compute the present value of a business or an income)

budget (make a budget)

approximate; estimate; gauge; guess; judge (judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time))

survey (plot a map of (land))

integrate (calculate the integral of; calculate by integration)

differentiate (calculate a derivative; take the derivative)

extrapolate; interpolate (estimate the value of)

divide; fraction (perform a division)

multiply (combine by multiplication)

deduct; subtract; take off (make a subtraction)

add; add together (make an addition by combining numbers)

factor; factor in; factor out (resolve into factors)

average; average out (compute the average of)

recalculate (calculate anew)

miscalculate; misestimate (calculate incorrectly)

prorate (divide or assess proportionally)

process (perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information)

extract (calculate the root of a number)

quantise; quantize (apply quantum theory to; restrict the number of possible values of (a quantity) or states of (a physical entity or system) so that certain variables can assume only certain discrete magnitudes that are integral multiples of a common factor)

Sentence frames:

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Derivation:

computation (the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods)

computation (problem solving that involves numbers or quantities)

computer (a machine for performing calculations automatically)

computer (an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines))

Credits

 Context examples: 

Although it can be applied to any set of information the term was invented to refer to computerized data, and is used almost exclusively in computing.

(Database, NCI Thesaurus)

A type of computed tomography in which images are taken during the time when the contrast medium has passed the heart and entered the arteries.

(Arterial Phase Spiral CT, NCI Thesaurus)

The International Electrotechnical Commission preferred expression of radiation dose in computed tomography (CT) dosimetry.

(Computed Tomography Dose Index Volume, NCI Thesaurus)

The field of visual computing, where one utilizes computers both to generate visual images synthetically and to integrate or alter visual and spatial information sampled from the real world.

(Computer Graphics, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called computed tomography angiography and CTA.

(CT angiography, NCI Dictionary)

Computed tomography (CT) is a type of imaging.

(CT Scans, NIH: National Cancer Institute)

Also called computed tomographic colonography, CT colonography, CTC, and virtual colonoscopy.

(Computed tomography colonography, NCI Dictionary)

Also called computed tomography colonography, CT colonography, CTC, and virtual colonoscopy.

(Computed tomographic colonography, NCI Dictionary)

Summarizes probe sets by computing the average difference between all PM and MM probes in a probe set.

(Bioconductor caAffy Average Difference Probe Summary Method, NCI Thesaurus)

It can be used to compute BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carrier probabilities and age specific risks for breast and ovarian cancer.

(Breast and Ovarian Analysis of Disease Incidence and Carrier Estimation Algorithm, NCI Thesaurus)