Hypertext Webster Gateway: "calculation"

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

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

calculation
n 1: the procedure of calculating; determining something by
mathematical or logical methods [syn: {computation}]
2: problem solving that involves numbers or quantities [syn: {computation},
{figuring}, {reckoning}]
3: planning something carefully and intentionally; "it was the
deliberation of his act that was insulting" [syn: {deliberation}]


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