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Calculable
Calculable Cal"cu*la*ble, a. [Cf. F. calculable.]
That may be calculated or ascertained by calculation.
Calculary
Calculary Cal"cu*la*ry, a. [L. calculus a pebble, a calculus;
cf calcularius pertaining to calculation.] (Med.)
Of or pertaining to calculi.
Calculary
Calculary Cal"cu*la*ry, n.
A congeries of little stony knots found in the pulp of the
pear and other fruits.
Calculate
Calculate Cal"cu*late, v. i.
To make a calculation; to forecast consequences; to estimate;
to compute.
The strong passions, whether good or bad, never
calculate. --F. W.
Robertson.
Calculated
Calculated Cal"cu*la`ted, p. p. & a.
1. Worked out by calculation; as calculated tables for
computing interest; ascertained or conjectured as a result
of calculation; as, the calculated place of a planet; the
calculated velocity of a cannon ball.
2. Adapted by calculation, contrivance. or forethought to
accomplish a purpose; as, to use arts calculated to
deceive the people.
3. Likely to produce a certain effect, whether intended or
not; fitted; adapted; suited.
The only danger that attends multiplicity of
publication is, that some of them may be calculated
to injure rather than benefit society. --Goldsmith.
The minister, on the other hand, had never gone
through an experience calculated to lead him beyond
the scope of generally received laws. --Hawthorne.
CalculatingCalculating Cal"cu*la`ting, a.
1. Of or pertaining to mathematical calculations; performing
or able to perform mathematical calculations.
2. Given to contrivance or forethought; forecasting;
scheming; as, a cool calculating disposition.
Calculating machine, a machine for the mechanical
performance of mathematical operations, for the most part
invented by Charles Babbage and G. and E. Scheutz. It
computes logarithmic and other mathematical tables of a
high degree of intricacy, imprinting the results on a
leaden plate, from which a stereotype plate is then
directly made. Calculating
Calculating Cal"cu*la`ting, n.
The act or process of making mathematical computations or of
estimating results.
Calculating machineCalculating Cal"cu*la`ting, a.
1. Of or pertaining to mathematical calculations; performing
or able to perform mathematical calculations.
2. Given to contrivance or forethought; forecasting;
scheming; as, a cool calculating disposition.
Calculating machine, a machine for the mechanical
performance of mathematical operations, for the most part
invented by Charles Babbage and G. and E. Scheutz. It
computes logarithmic and other mathematical tables of a
high degree of intricacy, imprinting the results on a
leaden plate, from which a stereotype plate is then
directly made. Calculation
Calculation Cal`cu*la"tion (-l[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [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
calculation crost, Began to chafe as at a personal
wrong. --Tennyson.
Calculative
Calculative Cal"cu*la*tive, a.
Of or pertaining to calculation; involving calculation.
Long habits of calculative dealings. --Burke.
Calculator
Calculator Cal"cu*la*tor, n. [L.: cf. F. calculateur.]
One who computes or reckons: one who estimates or considers
the force and effect of causes, with a view to form a correct
estimate of the effects.
Ambition is no exact calculator. --Burke.
Calculatory
Calculatory Cal"cu*la*to*ry, a. [L. calculatorius.]
Belonging to calculation. --Sherwood.
Incalculability
Incalculability In*cal`cu*la*bil"i*ty, n.
The quality or state of being incalculable.
IncalculableIncalculable In*cal"cu*la*ble, a. [Pref. in- not + calculable:
cf. F. incalculable.]
Not capable of being calculated; beyond calculation; very
great. -- In*cal"cu*la*ble*ness, n. -- In*cal"cu*la*bly,
adv. IncalculablenessIncalculable In*cal"cu*la*ble, a. [Pref. in- not + calculable:
cf. F. incalculable.]
Not capable of being calculated; beyond calculation; very
great. -- In*cal"cu*la*ble*ness, n. -- In*cal"cu*la*bly,
adv. IncalculablyIncalculable In*cal"cu*la*ble, a. [Pref. in- not + calculable:
cf. F. incalculable.]
Not capable of being calculated; beyond calculation; very
great. -- In*cal"cu*la*ble*ness, n. -- In*cal"cu*la*bly,
adv. MiscalculateMiscalculate Mis*cal"cu*late, v. t. & i.
To calculate erroneously; to judge wrongly. --
Mis*cal`cu*la"tion, n. MiscalculationMiscalculate Mis*cal"cu*late, v. t. & i.
To calculate erroneously; to judge wrongly. --
Mis*cal`cu*la"tion, n. Precalculate
Precalculate Pre*cal"cu*late, v. t.
To calculate or determine beforehand; to prearrange.
--Masson.
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