calculating
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Definitions
verb
- 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.”
- To determine values or solutions by a mathematical process; reckon.
- To plan; to expect; to think.
- 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
- Having the ability to calculate.“an early calculating device”
- (especially of a person) Serving one's own interests in an unemotional, analytical manner.
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