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calculation

[ kal-kyuh-ley-shuhn ]

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noun

the act or process of calculating; computation.
the result or product of calculation:
His calculations agree with ours.
an estimate based on the known facts; forecast:
Her calculation of the building costs proved quite accurate.
forethought; prior or careful planning.
scheming selfishness.

calculation

/ ˌkælkjʊˈleɪʃən /

cal·cu·la·tive [kal, -ky, uh, -ley-tiv, ‑l, uh, -tiv], calcu·lation·al cal·cu·la·to·ry [kal, -ky, uh, -l, uh, -tawr-ee, ‑-tohr-ee], adjective
non·calcu·lative adjective
precal·cu·lation noun
un·calcu·lative adjective

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Late Latin calculātiōn- (stem of calculātiō “reckoning”). See calculate, -ion

But now that he is out, it is has been such a non-issue that it is fair to wonder if Michaud made the right calculation.

Ezrahi says there is a military and political calculation behind this devastation.

One more study, one more statistical calculation, one more authoritative pronouncement, and our side will win!

Everything becomes a sort of calculation against the geometry and parabolas of the IDF.

Given those, it would be a virtually routine calculation to determine how far it had flown before crashing.

When a convenient number of coffee-beans is used (any multiple of 100), the percentage calculation is extremely easy.

The difference is due to the less minute calculation of fractional quantities in the latter case.

For a day or two she walked about apparently in a dreamy state, but really absorbed in speculation and calculation.

Those who celebrated it on the fourteenth were declared heretics; and both were mistaken in their calculation.

Bud finds old location on widow's claim, upturns all previous calculation & information given me by her.

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