Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of calculation is as below...

Inaccuracy :: Inaccuracy (n.) That which is inaccurate or incorrect; mistake; fault; defect; error; as, in inaccuracy in speech, copying, calculation, etc..

Account :: Account (n.) A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning; as, the Julian account of time..

Estimate :: Estimate (n.) A valuing or rating by the mind, without actually measuring, weighing, or the like; rough or approximate calculation; as, an estimate of the cost of a building, or of the quantity of water in a pond..

Reckoning :: Reckoning (n.) The position of a ship as determined by calculation.

Element :: Element (n.) One of the necessary data or values upon which a system of calculations depends, or general conclusions are based; as, the elements of a planet's orbit..

Calculation :: Calculation (n.) The act or process, or the result, of calculating; computation; reckoning, estimate..

Diesis :: Diesis (n.) A small interval, less than any in actual practice, but used in the mathematical calculation of intervals..

Calculated :: Calculated (p. p. & a.) Worked out by calculation; as calculated tables for computing interest; ascertained or conjectured as a result of calculation; as, the calculated place of a planet; the calculated velocity of a cannon ball..

Statistology :: Statistics (n.) The branch of mathematics which studies methods for the calculation of probabilities.

Abacus :: Abacus (n.) A calculating table or frame; an instrument for performing arithmetical calculations by balls sliding on wires, or counters in grooves, the lowest line representing units, the second line, tens, etc. It is still employed in China..

Logarithm :: Logarithm (n.) One of a class of auxiliary numbers, devised by John Napier, of Merchiston, Scotland (1550-1617), to abridge arithmetical calculations, by the use of addition and subtraction in place of multiplication and division..

Calculus :: Calculus (n.) A method of computation; any process of reasoning by the use of symbols; any branch of mathematics that may involve calculation.

Incorrect :: Incorrect (a.) Not in accordance with the truth; inaccurate; not exact; as, an incorrect statement or calculation..

Reckoning :: Reckoning (n.) The act of one who reckons, counts, or computes; the result of reckoning or counting; calculation..

Unity :: Unity (n.) Any definite quantity, or aggregate of quantities or magnitudes taken as one, or for which 1 is made to stand in calculation; thus, in a table of natural sines, the radius of the circle is regarded as unity..

Biometry :: Biometry (n.) Measurement of life; calculation of the probable duration of human life.

Incalculable :: Incalculable (a.) Not capable of being calculated; beyond calculation; very great.

Calculating :: Calculating (a.) Of or pertaining to mathematical calculations; performing or able to perform mathematical calculations.

Calculate :: Calculate (v. i.) To adjust for purpose; to adapt by forethought or calculation; to fit or prepare by the adaptation of means to an end; as, to calculate a system of laws for the government and protection of a free people..

Calculate :: Calculate (v. i.) To make a calculation; to forecast consequences; to estimate; to compute.

Random Fonts

Most Popular