Calculation
[kælkjʊ'leɪʃ(ə)n] or [,kælkju'leʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods.
(noun.) planning something carefully and intentionally; 'it was the deliberation of his act that was insulting'.
(noun.) problem solving that involves numbers or quantities.
Typist: Patricia--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act or process, or the result, of calculating; computation; reckoning, estimate.
(n.) An expectation based on circumstances.
Inputed by Donald
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Computation, reckoning.[2]. Investigation, examination, inquisition, inquiry, scrutiny, exploration, sifting.[3]. Expectation, expectance, anticipation, contemplation, prospect.[4]. Forethought, foresight, circumspection, wariness, caution, cautiousness, discretion, deliberation, prudence.
Typist: Sean
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Estimation, consideration, balance, apportionment, investigation, reckoning,computation, anticipation, forethought, regard, circumspection, watchfulness,vigilance, caution, care
ANT:Inconsiderateness, inconsideration, incaution, indiscretion, miscalculation,misconception, exclusion, exception, omission, carelessness, {[sepdsition]?}
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Examples
- Of course the calculation now was a simple one. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- And the better part of the soul is likely to be that which trusts to measure and calculation? Plato. The Republic.
- My faults, according to this calculation, are heavy indeed! Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- I committed one error in trusting myself to such a blindfold calculation of chances as this. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- What years of felicity that man, in all human calculation, has before him! Jane Austen. Emma.
- As to Tom, he was becoming that not unprecedented triumph of calculation which is usually at work on number one. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- He will see the general nature of a result long before it can be reached by mathematical calculation. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- But I give you warning that this mean calculation is wrong. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- They _did_ know it evidently: I saw quite well that they all, in a moment's calculation, estimated me at about the same fractional value. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Nothing remains to us but that universal or primary science of which all the arts and sciences are partakers, I mean number or calculation. Plato. The Republic.
- Thus, there has been initiated the development of a new and important industry whose possible ultimate proportions are beyond the range of present calculation. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Distances traveled by human feet are also estimated by hours and minutes, though I do not know what the base of the calculation is. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- But the telegraph posts upon this line are sixty yards apart, and the calculation is a simple one. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- And all arithmetic and calculation have to do with number? Plato. The Republic.
- They made new tables of calculation for aerial flight, and found that a wind of eighteen miles an hour would keep their plane and its operator in the air. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet, how did my calculations come out under these circumstances? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- That generalization was a presupposition of the calculations leading to the discovery. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- They had worked with their gliders several years, and had made new calculations of the changing angles and currents of air. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- This meal over, she resumed honest Rawdon's calculations of the night previous, and surveyed her position. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- He took no pains to conceal his calculations and tactics. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The binding fact we must face in all our calculations, and so in politics too, is that you cannot recover what is passed. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- I've made the calculations. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- It was intended to perform the most extended calculations required in astronomy and navigation, and to stamp a record of its work into plates of copper or other material. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- A man of facts and calculations. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The calculations of various life assurance and annuity offices, among other figures which cannot go wrong, have established the fact. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Without entering into any particular discussion of their calculations, a very simple observation may satisfy us that the result of them must be false. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Whereas you couldn't be more occupied with your day's calculations and combinations than you habitually show yourself to be, if you were a carpenter. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- What other calculations do you suppose I have been occupied with? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- It seemed there had been an error somewhere in my calculations, and I wanted for time to disclose it. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- According to calculations, the force of the water will be so great that pumps will not be needed. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
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