calculation
NounUS[kal-kyuh-ley-shuhn]/ˌkælkjəˈleɪʃən/4 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (3)calculations
- the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methodsSynonyms: computationcomputingType of procedure, processKinds recalculation, mathematical process, number crunching, transposition
- problem solving that involves numbers or quantitiesSynonyms: computationfiguringreckoningType of problem solvingKinds estimate, extrapolation, conversion, derived function, integral, interpolation
- planning something carefully and intentionally“it was the deliberation of his act that was insulting”Synonyms: deliberationType of planning, preparation
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Translations
Noun act or process of calculating
- Spanish
- cálculo
- French
- calcul
- German
- Berechnung
- Italian
- calcolo
- Portuguese
- cálculo
- Turkish
- hesap
- Russian
- расчёт rasčót
- Chinese
- 计算 jìsuàn
- Japanese
- 計算 keisan
- Dutch
- berekening
19 more languages
- Polish
- kalkulacja
- Swedish
- beräkning
- Greek
- υπολογισμός ypologismós
- Korean
- 계산 gyesan
- Indonesian
- penghitungan
- Hungarian
- számítás
- Portuguese (PT)
- cálculo
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 計算 jìsuàn
- Catalan
- càlcul
- Czech
- výpočet
- Danish
- beregning
- Esperanto
- kalkulado
- Finnish
- laskeminen
- Georgian
- გაანგარიშება gaangarišeba
- Hebrew
- חישוב khishúv
- Icelandic
- útreikningur
- Norwegian
- beregning
- Romanian
- calculare
- Slovak
- kalkulácia
Noun result of calculating
- Spanish
- cálculo
- German
- Berechnung
- Italian
- calcolo
- Portuguese
- cômputo
- Russian
- расчёт rasčót
- Dutch
- berekening
- Swedish
- uträkning
- Hungarian
- számítás
- Portuguese (PT)
- cômputo
- Czech
- výpočet
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Cal′cu·la′tion (-lā′shŭn), noun
Origin: 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.” John Pringle Nichol
The mountain is not so his calculation makes it.— Robert 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.— Alfred Tennyson
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54