calculation

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: cal=cu=la=tion

CIDE DICTIONARY

calculation, n. [OE. calculation, fr. L. calculatio; cf. OF. calcucation.].

•  The act or process, or the result, of calculating; computation; reckoning, estimate.  Nichol.  [1913 Webster]

  "The mountain is not so his calculation makes it."  [1913 Webster]
•  An expectation based on circumstances.  [1913 Webster]

  "The lazy gossips of the port,
  Abhorrent of a calculation crost,
  Began to chafe as at a personal wrong."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

calculation, n.
1 the act or process of calculating.
2 a result got by calculating.
3 a reckoning or forecast.

Etymology

ME f. OF f. LL calculatio (as CALCULATE)

THESAURUS

calculation

adding, aforethought, amount, answer, appraisal, appraisement, approach, approximation, arithmetic, arrangement, assessment, assize, assizement, attack, blueprint, blueprinting, calculatedness, calculus, canniness, care, careful consideration, carefulness, casting, caution, cautiousness, charting, ciphering, circumspection, computation, conception, contrivance, correction, count, counting, deliberate stages, deliberateness, deliberation, design, determination, determining, device, discretion, disposition, enterprise, envisagement, estimate, estimation, evaluation, expectation, express intention, expressness, figure, figuring, footing, forecast, foresight, forethought, game, gauging, gingerliness, graphing, ground plan, guardedness, guidelines, hedge, hedging, heed, heedfulness, hesitation, idea, instrumentation, intention, intentionality, judiciousness, layout, lineup, long-range plan, mapping, master plan, measure, measurement, measuring, mensuration, method, methodology, metric system, mindfulness, operations research, organization, pawkiness, plan, planning, planning function, prearrangement, preconsideration, predeliberation, predetermination, prediction, premeditation, preresolution, prior consultation, procedure, product, program, program of action, prudence, prudentialness, quantification, quantization, rating, rationalization, reckoning, regardfulness, result, safeness, safety first, schedule, schema, schematism, schematization, scheme, scheme of arrangement, setup, slowness to act, solicitude, strategic plan, strategy, survey, surveying, system, systematization, tactical plan, tactics, telemetering, telemetry, tentativeness, the big picture, the picture, thoroughness, totaling, toting, triangulation, uncommunicativeness, unprecipitateness, valuation, wariness, way, working plan

ROGET THESAURUS

calculation

Numeration

N numeration, numbering, pagination, tale, recension, enumeration, summation, reckoning, computation, supputation, calculation, calculus, algorithm, algorism, rhabdology, dactylonomy, measurement, statistics, arithmetic, analysis, algebra, geometry, analytical geometry, fluxions, differential calculus, integral calculus, infinitesimal calculus, calculus of differences, dead reckoning, muster, poll, census, capitation, roll call, recapitulation, account, notation, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, rule of three, practice, equations, extraction of roots, reduction, involution, evolution, estimation, approximation, interpolation, differentiation, integration, abacus, logometer, slide rule, slipstick, tallies, Napier's bones, calculating machine, difference engine, suan- pan, adding machine, cash register, electronic calculator, calculator, computer, arithmetician, calculator, abacist, algebraist, mathematician, statistician, geometer, programmer, accountant, auditor, numeral, numerical, arithmetical, analytic, algebraic, statistical, numerable, computable, calculable, commensurable, commensurate, incommensurable, incommensurate, innumerable, unfathomable, infinite, quantitatively, arithmetically, measurably, in numbers.

Caution

N caution, cautiousness, discretion, prudence, cautel, heed, circumspection, calculation, deliberation, foresight, vigilance, warning, coolness, self-possession, self-command, presence of mind, sang froid, well-regulated mind, worldly wisdom, Fabian policy, cautious, wary, guarded, on one's guard, cavendo tutus, in medio tutissimus, vigilant, careful, heedful, cautelous, stealthy, chary, shy of, circumspect, prudent, discreet, politic, sure-footed, unenterprising, unadventurous, cool, steady, self-possessed, overcautious, cautiously, Int, have a care!, timeo Danaos, festina lente, ante victoriam ne canas triumphum, don't sing out victory before the triumph, give, every man thine ear but few thy voice, he who laughs last laughs best, il rit bien qui rit le dernier, ni firmes carta que no leas ni bebas agua que no v, nescit vox missa reverti, love all, trust a few, noli irritare leones, safe bind safe find, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Inquiry

N inquiry, request, search, research, quest, pursuit, examination, review, scrutiny, investigation, indagation, perquisition, perscrutation, pervestigation, inquest, inquisition, exploration, exploitation, ventilation, sifting, calculation, analysis, dissection, resolution, induction, Baconian method, strict inquiry, close inquiry, searching inquiry, exhaustive inquiry, narrow search, strict search, study, scire facias, ad referendum, trial, questioning, interrogation, interrogatory, interpellation, challenge, examination, cross-examination, catechism, feeler, Socratic method, zetetic philosophy, leading question, discussion, reconnoitering, reconnaissance, prying, espionage, espionnage, domiciliary visit, peep behind the curtain, lantern of Diogenes, question, query, problem, desideratum, point to be solved, porism, subject of inquiry, field of inquiry, subject of controversy, point in dispute, matter in dispute, moot point, issue, question at issue, bone of contention, plain question, fair question, open question, enigma, knotty point, quodlibet, threshold of an inquiry, inquirer, investigator, inquisitor, inspector, querist, examiner, catechist, scrutator scrutineer scrutinizer, analyst, quidnunc, inquiry, inquisitive, requisitive, requisitory, catechetical, inquisitorial, analytic, in search of, in quest of, on the lookout for, interrogative, zetetic, all searching, undetermined, untried, undecided, in question, in dispute, in issue, in course of inquiry, under discussion, under consideration, under investigation, sub judice, moot, proposed, doubtful, quaere?, what?, why?, wherefore?, whence?, whither?, where?, how comes it?, how happens it?, how is it?, what is the reason?, what's the matter?, nicht wahr?, what's in the wind?, what on earth?, when?, who?.

Expectation

N expectation, expectance, expectancy, anticipation, reckoning, calculation, foresight, contemplation, prospection, lookout, prospect, perspective, horizon, vista, destiny, suspense, waiting, abeyance, curiosity, anxious expectation, ardent expectation, eager expectation, breathless expectation, sanguine expectation, torment of Tantalus, hope, trust, auspices, assurance, confidence, presumption, reliance, expectant, expecting, in expectation, on the watch, open-eyed, open-mouthed, in wide-eyed anticipation, agape, gaping, all agog, on tenterhooks, on tiptoe, on the tiptoe of expectation, aux aguets, ready, curious, looking forward to, expected, long expected, foreseen, in prospect, prospective, in one's eye, in one's view, in the horizon, on the horizon, just over the horizon, just around the corner, around the corner, impending, on the watch, with breathless expectation, with bated breath, with rapt anticipation, arrectis auribus, we shall see, nous verrons, expectation whirls me round, the light at the end of the tunnel.