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calculation
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context mathematics uncountable English) The act or process of calculating. 2 (context mathematics countable English) The result of calculating.
Wikipedia
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Calculation (also known as Broken Intervals and as Hopscotch ) is a solitaire card game played with a standard pack of 52 cards. It offers more scope for skill than many similar games; a skilled player can win Calculation more than half of the time when ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES do a calculation/sum (= use numbers to find out a figure, price etc ) ▪ I did a quick calculation on a piece of paper. mathematical equation/calculation/formula etc COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE careful ▪ All ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., from Late Latin calculationem (nominative calculatio ), noun of action from past participle stem of calculare "to reckon, compute," from Latin calculus "reckoning, account," originally "pebble used in counting," diminutive of calx (genitive calcis ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods [syn: computation , computing ] problem solving that involves numbers or quantities [syn: computation , figuring , reckoning ] planning something carefully and intentionally; ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Calculation \Cal`cu*la"tion\ (-l[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [OE. calculation, fr. L. calculatio; cf. OF. calcucation.] The act or process, or the result, of calculating; computation; reckoning, estimate. ``The calculation of eclipses.'' --Nichol. The mountain ...
Usage examples of calculation.
It would be a false note and a useless calculation to allow thought to dwell on what cannot be,--hence our airiest visions are bound to become facts in time.
Bundles of data that had waited, circulating unexamined in the box of valves, became suddenly relevant, interacting with this extraordinary new mode of calculation, this autotelic processing.
Down along the waterside, the clubs and casinos and bars were opening for trade, trashy games and girls smiling with bright come-on calculation at the squaddies.
So the Bayesian calculation always comes down against the truth of the testimony, and in favour of the uniformity of nature.
Following these directions, other bees would find the food, fill up on it, and aim unerringly back to the hive, a calculation that for a human would require a stop watch, a compass and vector calculus.
It should also be remarked of Lord George Bentinck, that in his most complicated calculations he never sought aid from notes.
What was certain was that he made complex calculations in his head that would have frightened Binet himself.
American male, who needs about 30 grams of protein per meal, the calculation of Zone Food Blocks is the same.
Hechon looked toward him in shrewd calculation, and after a pause he tossed the bloodstone ring to him.
Pausing at his Range-Rover, the man from Brompton Agricultural produced a lap-top computer which he held comfortably in the crook of his arm, tapping in calculations as he walked.
Their first calculation showed that the missing watcher could have come down in the vicinity of Cochiti Pueblo, but that proved to be incorrect - or, if the Dirnan had landed there, the Indians were keeping it well concealed.
From the information contained thereon, the despatcher makes all his calculations for time orders, meeting points, work trains, etc.
All drugs had side effects, and cocaine was liable to fluctuations in strength, making dosage calculations haphazard, so this was not too surprising, but there was a much more serious problem - as Freud was soon to realise when he watched the drug take over the life of a great friend of his, Ernst von Fleischl-Marxow.
From the beginning of history in most nations, the details of another existence and its conditions have been furnished to the eager credulity of the people by the lawless fancies of poets, the fine spinning brains of metaphysicians, and the cold blooded calculations or hot headed zeal of sectarian leaders.
Nimisha has finished the latest calculations on the femtosecond processor and, since I have meetings on the surface myself, I thought to spare her an unnecessary trip to Headquarters.