calculating machine : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: calculating machine	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for calculating machine
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
calculating machine n a small machine that is used for mathematical calculations Synonym(s): calculator, calculating machine
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Calculating \Cal"cu*la`ting\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to mathematical calculations; performing or able to perform mathematical calculations. 2. Given to contrivance or forethought; forecasting; scheming; as, a cool calculating disposition. {Calculating machine}, a machine for the mechanical performance of mathematical operations, for the most part invented by Charles Babbage and G. and E. Scheutz. It computes logarithmic and other mathematical tables of a high degree of intricacy, imprinting the results on a leaden plate, from which a stereotype plate is then directly made.