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Webster 1913 Edition
Calculation
Calˊcu-la′tion
(-lā′shŭn)
, Noun.
[OE.
calculation
, fr. L. calculatio
; cf. OF. calcucation
.] 1.
The act or process, or the result, of calculating; computation; reckoning, estimate.
“The calculation of eclipses.” Nichol.
The mountain is not so his
calculation
makes it. Boyle.
2.
An expectation based on circumstances.
The lazy gossips of the port,
Abhorrent of a
Began to chafe as at a personal wrong.
Abhorrent of a
calculation
crost,Began to chafe as at a personal wrong.
Tennyson.
Definition 2024
calculation
calculation
English
Noun
calculation (usually uncountable, plural calculations)
- (mathematics, uncountable) The act or process of calculating.
- (mathematics, countable) The result of calculating.
- 2012 January 1, Michael Riordan, “Tackling Infinity”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, page 86:
- 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.
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- (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, computing, reckoning (old)
- (Result of calculation): sum
- (estimate): estimate, guess, reckoning, measurement
Related terms
Translations
act or process of calculating
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result of calculating
reckoning, estimate
expectation based on circumstances