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calculating

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verb

  1. To determine the value of something or the solution to something by a mathematical process.“Calculate the square root of 3 to 10 decimal places.”
  2. To determine values or solutions by a mathematical process; reckon.
  3. To plan; to expect; to think.
  4. To ascertain or predict by mathematical or astrological computations the time, circumstances, or other conditions of; to forecast or compute the character or consequences of.“to calculate or cast one's nativity”

adjective

  1. Having the ability to calculate.“an early calculating device”
  2. (especially of a person) Serving one's own interests in an unemotional, analytical manner.

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