calculationn.

Brit.

/ˌkalkjᵿˈleɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˌkælkjəˈleɪʃən/

Forms: Also Middle English calculacioun.

Etymology: < French calculation, < Latin calculātiōn-em , < calculāre to reckon, calculate n. See -ation suffix.

1. The action or process of reckoning; computation.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > [noun] > action of calculating or counting

accountc1300

numberingc1325

telling1340

calculingc1374

countingc1380

accountinga1387

summinga1387

calculation1393

count?a1400

computationc1425

reckoningc1425

numeration?a1475

supputation?a1475

compute1531

calcule1601

summing up1607

computing1629

subduction1656

enumerating1864

headcount1913

1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 230 A great magicien Shulde of his calculation, Seche of constellation, How they the citee mighten gette.

1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 46 He maketh his calculations, He maketh his demonstrations.

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. 236 The Philosophres comen, and seyn here avys aftre her calculaciouns.

1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. xxv. §1. 590 One Bartholomew Scullet..hath by calculation found the very day.

1757 S. Johnson Rambler No. 154. ⁋5 No estimate is more in danger of erroneous calculations.

1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues II. 360 All arithmetic and calculation have to do with number.

2. concrete. The form in which reckoning is made; its product or result.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > [noun] > result, sum

telc1000

tale?c1225

tailc1330

reckoningc1392

suma1400

aggregatec1443

count1483

sum total1549

total1557

computation1586

calculation1646

quotient1659

tally1674

amount1751

tot1755

summation1841

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 134 If we suppose our present calculation, the Phaenix now in nature will be the sixt from the Creation.

1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park I. v. 94 If the first calculation is wrong, we make a second better.

1871 C. Davies Metric Syst. iii. 125 This calculation could not long suit the revenue.

3. Estimate of probability, forecast.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > anticipation, forecast > [noun] > instance of

forethoughta1400

cast1519

forecasta1673

precalculation1841

calculation1848

lookahead1896

1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold II. vi. v. 109 Hitherto he had advanced on his career without calculation.

1850 R. W. Emerson Napoleon in Representative Men vi. 232 His very attack was never the inspiration of courage, but the result of calculation.

1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in Enoch Arden, etc. 26 The lazy gossips of the port, Abhorrent of a calculation crost.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	calculation
释义	calculationn. Brit. /ˌkalkjᵿˈleɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌkælkjəˈleɪʃən/ Forms: Also Middle English calculacioun. Etymology: < French calculation, < Latin calculātiōn-em , < calculāre to reckon, calculate n. See -ation suffix. 1. The action or process of reckoning; computation. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > [noun] > action of calculating or counting accountc1300 numberingc1325 telling1340 calculingc1374 countingc1380 accountinga1387 summinga1387 calculation1393 count?a1400 computationc1425 reckoningc1425 numeration?a1475 supputation?a1475 compute1531 calcule1601 summing up1607 computing1629 subduction1656 enumerating1864 headcount1913 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 230 A great magicien Shulde of his calculation, Seche of constellation, How they the citee mighten gette. 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 46 He maketh his calculations, He maketh his demonstrations. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. 236 The Philosophres comen, and seyn here avys aftre her calculaciouns. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. xxv. §1. 590 One Bartholomew Scullet..hath by calculation found the very day. 1757 S. Johnson Rambler No. 154. ⁋5 No estimate is more in danger of erroneous calculations. 1871 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues II. 360 All arithmetic and calculation have to do with number. 2. concrete. The form in which reckoning is made; its product or result. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > [noun] > result, sum telc1000 tale?c1225 tailc1330 reckoningc1392 suma1400 aggregatec1443 count1483 sum total1549 total1557 computation1586 calculation1646 quotient1659 tally1674 amount1751 tot1755 summation1841 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 134 If we suppose our present calculation, the Phaenix now in nature will be the sixt from the Creation. View more context for this quotation 1814 J. Austen Mansfield Park I. v. 94 If the first calculation is wrong, we make a second better. View more context for this quotation 1871 C. Davies Metric Syst. iii. 125 This calculation could not long suit the revenue. 3. Estimate of probability, forecast. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > anticipation, forecast > [noun] > instance of forethoughta1400 cast1519 forecasta1673 precalculation1841 calculation1848 lookahead1896 1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold II. vi. v. 109 Hitherto he had advanced on his career without calculation. 1850 R. W. Emerson Napoleon in Representative Men vi. 232 His very attack was never the inspiration of courage, but the result of calculation. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in Enoch Arden, etc. 26 The lazy gossips of the port, Abhorrent of a calculation crost. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1393
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