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cal⋅cu⋅la⋅tion

[kal-kyuh-ley-shuhn]
–noun
1. the act or process of calculating; computation.
2. the result or product of calculating: His calculations agree with ours.
3. an estimate based on the known facts; forecast: Her calculation of the building costs proved quite accurate.
4. forethought; prior or careful planning.
5. scheming selfishness.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME < LL calculātiōn- (s. of calculātiō reckoning). See calculate, -ion


cal⋅cu⋅la⋅tive [kal-kyuh-ley-tiv, ‑luh-tiv] , cal⋅cu⋅la⋅tion⋅al, cal⋅cu⋅la⋅to⋅ry [kal-kyuh-luh-tawr-ee, ‑tohr-ee] , adjective
cal·cu·la·tion   (kāl'kyə-lā'shən)   
n.  
    1. The act, process, or result of calculating.
    2. An estimate based on probabilities.
  1. Careful, often cunning estimation and planning of likely outcomes, especially to advance one's own interests.
cal'cu·la'tive adj.

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.

calculation 
1393, from L.L. calculationem, from calculare, from L. calculus "reckoning, account," originally "pebble used in counting," dim. of calx (gen. calcis) "limestone." Calculating "shrewd, selfish" is from 1809. Calculator "adding machine" is from 1784; application to the electronic form is from 1946.
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