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Calculary: Definition and part of speech

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Calculary

  1. n. A congeries of little stony knots found in the pulp of the pear and other fruits.
  2. a. Of or pertaining to calculi.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Calculating: Definition and part of speech

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Calculating

  1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Calculate
  2. a. Of or pertaining to mathematical calculations; performing or able to perform mathematical calculations.
  3. a. Given to contrivance or forethought; forecasting; scheming; as, a cool calculating disposition.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Calculate: Definition and part of speech

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Calculate

  1. v. i. To make a calculation; to forecast consequences; to estimate; to compute.
  2. v. i. To ascertain or determine by mathematical processes, usually by the ordinary rules of arithmetic; to reckon up; to estimate; to compute.
  3. v. i. 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; as, to calculate or cast one’s nativity.
  4. v. i. To adjust for purpose; to adapt by forethought or calculation; to fit or prepare by the adaptation of means to an end; as, to calculate a system of laws for the government and protection of a free people.
  5. v. i. To plan; to expect; to think.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Calculated: Definition and part of speech

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Calculated

  1. p. p. & a. Likely to produce a certain effect, whether intended or not; fitted; adapted; suited.
  2. p. p. & a. 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.
  3. p. p. & a. Adapted by calculation, contrivance. or forethought to accomplish a purpose; as, to use arts calculated to deceive the people.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Calculation: Definition and part of speech

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Calculation

  1. n. An expectation based on circumstances.
  2. n. The act or process, or the result, of calculating; computation; reckoning, estimate.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Calculator: Definition and part of speech

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Calculator

  1. n. One who computes or reckons: one who estimates or considers the force and effect of causes, with a view to form a correct estimate of the effects.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.