English Dictionary: calculation | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Calculation \Cal`cu*la"tion\ (-l[amac]"sh[ucr]n), n. [OE. calculation, fr. L. calculatio; cf. OF. calcucation.] 1. The act or process, or the result, of calculating; computation; reckoning, estimate. [bd]The calculation of eclipses.[b8] --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. |