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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Calculated  \Cal"cu*la`ted\,  p.  p.  &  a. 
  1.  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. 
 
  2.  Adapted  by  calculation,  contrivance.  or  forethought  to 
  accomplish  a  purpose;  as  to  use  arts  calculated  to 
  deceive  the  people. 
 
  3.  Likely  to  produce  a  certain  effect,  whether  intended  or 
  not  fitted;  adapted;  suited. 
 
  The  only  danger  that  attends  multiplicity  of 
  publication  is  that  some  of  them  may  be  calculated 
  to  injure  rather  than  benefit  society.  --Goldsmith. 
 
  The  minister,  on  the  other  hand,  had  never  gone 
  through  an  experience  calculated  to  lead  him  beyond 
  the  scope  of  generally  received  laws.  --Hawthorne. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  calculated 
  adj  1:  carefully  thought  out  in  advance;  "a  calculated  insult"; 
  "with  measured  irony"  [syn:  {deliberate},  {measured}] 
  2:  determined  by  mathematical  computation;  "the  calculated 
  velocity  of  a  bullet";  "a  derived  value"  [syn:  {derived}] 

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