calculation

Noun

Meaning

The act or process, or the result, of calculating; computation; reckoning, estimate.

An expectation based on circumstances.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

computation reckoning estimate evaluation figuring analysis measurement count computing arithmetic assessment determination projection prediction estimation
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Antonyms

fact model idea measure Price belief
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Hypernyms

process planning procedure preparation provision problem solving

Hyponyms

idea transposition operation conversion estimate integral

Related terms

calculate calculus calculator calculable

Phrases with the word

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Examples

All which is beautiful and noble is the result of reason and calculation. Charles Baudelaire

A skyscraper is at the same time a triumph of the machine and a tremendous emotional experience, almost breath-taking. Not merely its height but its mass and proportions are the result of an emotion, as well as of calculation. George Gershwin

The sum which two married people owe to one another defies calculation. It is an infinite debt, which can only be discharged through all eternity. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The more progress physical sciences make, the more they tend to enter the domain of mathematics, which is a kind of centre to which they all converge. We may even judge the degree of perfection to which a science has arrived by the facility with which it may be submitted to calculation. Adolphe Quetelet

I've done the calculation and your chances of winning the lottery are identical whether you play or not. Fran Lebowitz

He who has a clean account, what fear of calculation does he have? Persian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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