Definition of calculation

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Calculation (n.) An expectation based on circumstances.

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Calculation :: Calculation (n.) The act or process, or the result, of calculating; computation; reckoning, estimate..
Calculus :: Calculus (n.) A method of computation; any process of reasoning by the use of symbols; any branch of mathematics that may involve calculation.
Approximation :: Approximation (n.) An approach to a correct estimate, calculation, or conception, or to a given quantity, quality, etc..
Random :: Random (a.) Going at random or by chance; done or made at hazard, or without settled direction, aim, or purpose; hazarded without previous calculation; left to chance; haphazard; as, a random guess..
Incorrect :: Incorrect (a.) Not in accordance with the truth; inaccurate; not exact; as, an incorrect statement or calculation..
Reckoning :: Reckoning (n.) The calculation of a ship's position, either from astronomical observations, or from the record of the courses steered and distances sailed as shown by compass and log, -- in the latter case called dead reckoning (see under Dead); -- also used for dead reckoning in contradistinction to observation..
Calculate :: Calculate (v. i.) To adjust for purpose; to adapt by forethought or calculation; to fit or prepare by the adaptation of means to an end; as, to calculate a system of laws for the government and protection of a free people..
Apotelesm :: Apotelesm (n.) The calculation and explanation of a nativity.
Biometry :: Biometry (n.) Measurement of life; calculation of the probable duration of human life.
Palinurus :: Palinurus (n.) An instrument for obtaining directly, without calculation, the true bearing of the sun, and thence the variation of the compass.
Calculation :: Calculation (n.) An expectation based on circumstances.
Compute :: Compute (v. t.) To determine calculation; to reckon; to count.
Computation :: Computation (n.) The act or process of computing; calculation; reckoning.
Make :: Make (v. t.) To find, as the result of calculation or computation; to ascertain by enumeration; to find the number or amount of, by reckoning, weighing, measurement, and the like; as, he made the distance of; to travel over; as, the ship makes ten knots an hour; he made the distance in one day..
Incalculable :: Incalculable (a.) Not capable of being calculated; beyond calculation; very great.
Calculated :: Calculated (p. p. & a.) 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..
Cusp :: Cusp (n.) The beginning or first entrance of any house in the calculations of nativities, etc..
Root :: Root (n.) The time which to reckon in making calculations.
Reckoning :: Reckoning (n.) The position of a ship as determined by calculation.
Reckoning :: Reckoning (n.) The act of one who reckons, counts, or computes; the result of reckoning or counting; calculation..
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