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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Calculation \Cal`cu*la"tion\ (-l[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [OE. calculation, fr L. calculatio; cf OF calcucation.] 1. The act or process, or the result, of calculating; computation; reckoning, estimate. ``The calculation of eclipses.'' --Nichol. The mountain is not so his calculation makes it --Boyle. 2. An expectation based on circumstances. The lazy gossips of the port, Abhorrent of a calculation crost, Began to chafe as at a personal wrong --Tennyson. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: calculation n 1: the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods [syn: {computation}] 2: problem solving that involves numbers or quantities [syn: {computation}, {figuring}, {reckoning}] 3: planning something carefully and intentionally; "it was the deliberation of his act that was insulting" [syn: {deliberation}]
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