Calculation

Quick meaning: Calculation is a noun meaning (mathematics, uncountable) The act or process of calculating.

Meaning

(mathematics, uncountable) The act or process of calculating.

More Meanings

1. (mathematics, countable) The result of calculating.
2. (countable) Reckoning, estimate.
3. (countable) An expectation based on circumstances.
4. (chess, uncountable) The act or process of imagining sequences of potential moves and responses without actually moving the pieces.

Example Sentences

By my calculation, we should be there by midnight.

As a check on these calculations we note that the total probability for 0, 1, 2, or 3 successes must be one since there are no other possibilities.

Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when theorists try to prod their calculations into new domains. Getting rid of these nagging infinities has probably occupied far more effort than was spent in originating the theories.

Word Forms

• calculations

Synonyms for calculation

Depending on context, synonyms include computation, evaluation, reckoning, sum, estimate, guess.

Antonyms for calculation

Common opposites include miscalculation, miscomputation, misreckoning.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include computation, reckoning, deliberation, calculus, calculated, math.

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