FIGURING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does figuring mean? 

• FIGURING (noun)
  The noun FIGURING has 1 sense:

1. problem solving that involves numbers or quantities

  Familiarity information: FIGURING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FIGURING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Problem solving that involves numbers or quantities

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

calculation; computation; figuring; reckoning

Hypernyms ("figuring" is a kind of...):

problem solving (the thought processes involved in solving a problem)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "figuring"):

extrapolation ((mathematics) calculation of the value of a function outside the range of known values)

interpolation ((mathematics) calculation of the value of a function between the values already known)

conversion (a change in the units or form of an expression:)

approximation; estimate; estimation; idea (an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth)

derivative; derived function; differential; differential coefficient; first derivative (the result of mathematical differentiation; the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another; df(x)/dx)

integral (the result of a mathematical integration; F(x) is the integral of f(x) if dF/dx = f(x))

Derivation:

figure (make a mathematical calculation or computation)

 Context examples 

There were always key limitations when it came to figuring out how a drug will act on different tissues, different cells in an aging body.

(Scientists Find Natural Product That Slows Aging, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

This can help in figuring out who is at risk for certain diseases, finding ways to control diseases and deciding which diseases should be studied.

(Health Statistics, NIH)

Figuring out the size, shape and mass of our galaxy is no easy feat considering that we are measuring it from within.

(Researchers Estimate Mass of Milky Way to Be 3.9 Tredecillion Pounds, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

There’s over 100 bones there, so a whole bunch of the skeleton, and now we get to get down to the fun business of actually studying it, figuring out what it is, said Stephen Brusatte, a paleontologist at the University of Edinburgh.

(Sea Monster Swam Oceans 170 Million Years Ago, Voanews)