Hypertext Webster Gateway: "calculated"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

calculated
adj 1: carefully thought out in advance; "a calculated insult";
"with measured irony" [syn: {deliberate}, {measured}]
2: determined by mathematical computation; "the calculated
velocity of a bullet"; "a derived value" [syn: {derived}]


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