calculation

Noun
Synonyms: computationcomputingfiguringreckoningdeliberation

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  1. the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methodsSynonyms: computationcomputing
  2. problem solving that involves numbers or quantitiesSynonyms: computationfiguringreckoning
  3. planning something carefully and intentionally“it was the deliberation of his act that was insulting”Synonyms: deliberation
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

The mountain is not so his calculation makes it.— Boyle.[1913 Webster]

2.An expectation based on circumstances. [1913 Webster]

The lazy gossips of the port, Abhorrent of a calculation crost, Began to chafe as at a personal wrong.— Tennyson.[1913 Webster]
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