<B>calculate, </B>verb, <B>-lated,</B> <B>-lating.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to find out by adding, subtracting, multiplying, or dividing; figure; compute. <BR> <I>Ex. We calculated the cost of building a new house.</I> (SYN) reckon, cast. <DD><B> 2. </B>to find out beforehand by any process of reasoning; estimate. <BR> <I>Ex. You must calculate all the advantages and disadvantages before coming to a decision.</I> (SYN) ascertain, determine. <DD><B> 3. </B>to suit or adapt to a purpose. <BR> <I>Ex. His remarks were calculated to impress us.</I> <DD><B> 4a. </B>to plan or intend. <BR> <I>Ex. He calculates to go next Tuesday.</I> <DD><B> b. </B>to suppose; guess. <BR> <I>Ex. I calculate it's a good idea.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to rely; depend; count (on or upon). <BR> <I>Ex. You can calculate on steady advancement if you work hard.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Informal.) to think; suppose; reckon. <BR> <I>Ex. Are you going? I calculate so.</I> (SYN) guess. <DD><B> 3. </B>to make a computation. <BR> <I>Ex. Emotional people don't stop to calculate.</I> </DL>
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<B>calculated, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>determined by computation. <BR> <I>Ex. the calculated speed of sound.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>planned or intended. <BR> <I>Ex. a calculated attempt to deceive.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>fitted; suited; apt; likely. <BR> <I>Ex. Never had man so many relations so little calculated to inspire confidence (Robert Southey).</I> adv. <B>calculatedly.</B> </DL>
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<B>calculated risk,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a possibility of failure or reversal that is accepted as unavoidable in an undertaking. <BR> <I>Ex. Several writers have emphasized that any use of atomic energy entails a calculated risk, no less than those features of modern technology that lead to auto accidents and gastric ulcers (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists).</I> </DL>
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<B>calculating, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>able to calculate; that calculates. <DD><B> 2. </B>shrewd and careful; astute. (SYN) clever, cunning. <DD><B> 3. </B>scheming and selfish. <BR> <I>Ex. He was calculating and mercenary (M. Edgeworth).</I> (SYN) crafty, wily. adv. <B>calculatingly.</B> </DL>
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<B>calculating machine,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a mechanical or electronic device for performing certain calculations, especially mathematical computations; calculator. </DL>
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<B>calculation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the act of adding, subtracing, multiplying, or dividing to find a result; computation. <BR> <I>Ex. We made a careful calculation of what the trip would cost us.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the result found by calculating. <BR> <I>Ex. Our first calculation was wrong, but the second was correct.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>careful thinking; deliberate planning. <BR> <I>Ex. The success of the expedition was the result of much calculation. The decision on use of the poliomyelitis vaccine is based on ... a series of calculations and judgments (New York Times).</I> (SYN) forecast. </DL>
<A NAME="calculational">
<B>calculational, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with calculation. </DL>
<A NAME="calculative">
<B>calculative, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having to do with calculation. <DD><B> 2. </B>tending to be calculating. </DL>
<A NAME="calculator">
<B>calculator, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>a calculating machine or computer. <BR> <I>Ex. The bookkeeper used a desk calculator to help keep the accounts. It will be immediately appreciated that within the calculator proper there is need for considerable storage of information (Science News).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>a person who calculates. <BR> <I>Ex. Most store clerks are rapid calculators.</I> <DD><B> c. </B>a person who operates a calculating machine. <DD><B> 2. </B>a book or set of tables used in calculation. </DL>
<A NAME="calculi">
<B>calculi, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a plural of <B>calculus.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="calculiform">
<B>calculiform, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> shaped like a pebble. </DL>
<A NAME="calculous">
<B>calculous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> caused by or containing a calculus (def. 3) or calculi. </DL>
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<B>calculus, </B>noun, pl. <B>-li</B> or <B>luses.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a system of calculation in advanced mathematics, especially a system using algebraic symbols to solve problems dealing with changing quantities. <BR> <I>Ex. This calculus is concerned with statistical procedures such as regression and factor analysis (Scientific American).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a method in symbolic logic of arguing from hypotheses by using algebraic symbols and operations. <DD><B> 3. </B>a stone that has formed in the body because of a diseased condition. Gallstones and kidney stones are calculi. </DL>
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<B>calculus of variations,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a branch of mathematics that studies the maximum and minimum values of functions that depend on a curve or other geometric figure rather than on a number or numbers. </DL>
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<B>Calcutta, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a sweepstakes by auction pool in which participants bid to win on players in a match or horses in a race that are auctioned off. </DL>
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<B>Calcuttan, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a native or inhabitant of Calcutta. <DD><I>adj. </I> of or having to do with Calcutta. </DL>
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<B>caldarium, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ia.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the hot room of ancient Roman baths. </DL>
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<B>caldera, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a deep, caldronlike cavity on the summit of an extinct volcano. </DL>
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<B>caldron, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a large kettle or boiler. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative:) <BR> <I>Ex. When the great caldron of war is seething (James Russell Lowell). The place can be a caldron of gales in winter (Atlantic).</I> <DD> Also, <B>cauldron.</B> </DL>
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<B>Caleb, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a Hebrew leader sent as a spy into Canaan (in the Bible, Numbers 13, 14). </DL>
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<B>caleche, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Canadian.) a light, two-wheeled, one-horse carriage for two passengers, with a seat in front for the driver, now used chiefly for sightseeing in Quebec City and Montreal. <BR> <I>Ex. As I reached the splendid square beside the Chateau Frontenac, the caleches, with their shaggy horses and garrulous drivers, were assembling (Maclean's).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B><B>=calash </B>(def. 1). </DL>
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<B>Caledonia, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an old name of Scotland. <BR> <I>Ex. O Caledonia! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child! (Scott).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a style of modern printing type, of a lighter weight than Scotch. </DL>
<A NAME="caledonian">
<B>Caledonian, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1. </B>of Scotland; Scottish. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Geology.) of or having to do with a system of mountain building of the middle Paleozoic extending from the British Isles to Norway. <BR> <I>Ex. Caledonian orogeny.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> a native of Scotland; Scotsman. </DL>
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<B>calefacient, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a medical agent which produces warmth or a sense of heat, especially one applied externally, as a mustard plaster. <DD><I>adj. </I> producing warmth. </DL>
<B>calefactive, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having the tendency to warm; warming. </DL>
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<B>calefactory, </B>adjective, noun, pl. <B>-ries.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> adapted for or tending to warming. <DD><I>noun </I> a heated room in a monastery where the residents warm themselves. </DL>
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<B>calendal, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having to do with the calends. <BR> <I>Ex. the most ancient calendal system.</I> </DL>
