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calculable, a.|ˈkælkjʊləb(ə)l|
[f. L. calculā-re or F. calcul-er to calculate: see -able, -ble. So mod.F. calculable.]
Capable of being calculated; that may be reckoned, measured, or computed.
a1734North Lives II. 182 Eclipses..being regular and calculable. 1809–10Coleridge Friend (1865) 103 Incapable of producing any regular, continuous, and calculable effect. 1829I. Taylor Enthus. vi. (1867) 113 The connexion of physical causes and effects is known and calculable. 1865Sat. Rev. 25 Mar. 332/2 There is always a calculable risk of a vacancy.
b. Of a person: Such that his action in given circumstances can be reckoned upon and estimated.
1865Pall Mall G. 1 May 2 He is the least consistent, reliable, and calculable of public men. 1876Geo. Eliot Dan. Der. 222 He was exactly the man to feel the utmost piquancy in a girl whom he had not found quite calculable. |