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calculator

(kælkjʊleɪtəʳ)
Word forms: plural calculators
countable noun
A calculator is a small electronic device that you use for making mathematical calculations.
...a pocket calculator.

calculator in British English

(ˈkælkjʊˌleɪtə)
noun
1. 
a device for performing mathematical calculations, esp an electronic device that can be held in the hand
2. 
a person or thing that calculates
3. 
a set of tables used as an aid to calculations

calculator in American English

(ˈkælkjuˌleɪtər; ˈkælkjəˌleɪtər)
noun
1. 
a person who calculates
2. 
a book of tables for calculating
3. 
a mechanical or electronic device for the automatic performance of mathematical operations

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Examples of 'calculator' in a sentence
calculator

The result can vary depending on which calculator is used.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
 Pocket calculators existed before there were floppy disks.
Dyson, Freeman Infinite in All Directions (1989)
They can work how much that should be by using the online calculator at gov.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The pharmacy behind the study has launched an online calculator that works out booze intake.
The Sun (2009)
He was the first to produce a widely available pocket calculator as well as a series of popular home computers.
Samways, B. & Byrne-Jones, T. Computers Basic Facts (1983)
 Use the online calculator at gov.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Paradoxically, the essential capabilities are diluted by the too early use of computers and calculator.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Another example of production sharing is the hand-held electronic calculator.
Peter F. Drucker MANAGING IN TURBULENT TIMES (1980)
In this age of computers and calculators, do we need them any more?
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
In Singapore almost no primary school uses calculators.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
In fact, use of the calculators improved only conceptual understanding.
Pressley, Michael & McCormick, Christine Advanced Educational Psychology For Educators, Researchers and Policymakers, (1995)
If in doubt, use an online calculator.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
In the early 1980s we had to accept handwritten answers and could not have too high expectations of statistics done on a hand calculator.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
I put it back, and take away his set of pencils and his electronic calculator.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Don't worry - there are calculators and computers to work it out for you.
The Sun (2010)
My top three useful festival items Your ticket, a head torch and a pocket calculator.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
As always in a Hamilton show, you feel you might need a pocket calculator to work out all the angles.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)

In other languages
calculator

British English: calculator /ˈkælkjʊˌleɪtə/ NOUN
A calculator is a small electronic device used for doing mathematical calculations.
...a pocket calculator.
  • American English: calculator
  • Arabic: آلَةٌ حَاسِبَة
  • Brazilian Portuguese: calculadora
  • Chinese: 计算器
  • Croatian: kalkulator
  • Czech: kalkulačka
  • Danish: lommeregner
  • Dutch: rekenmachine
  • European Spanish: calculadora
  • Finnish: laskin
  • French: calculatrice
  • German: Taschenrechner
  • Greek: αριθμομηχανή
  • Italian: calcolatrice
  • Japanese: 計算機
  • Korean: 계산기
  • Norwegian: kalkulator
  • Polish: kalkulator
  • European Portuguese: calculadora
  • Romanian: calculator
  • Russian: калькулятор
  • Latin American Spanish: calculadora
  • Swedish: miniräknare
  • Thai: เครื่องคิดเลข
  • Turkish: hesap makinesi
  • Ukrainian: калькулятор
  • Vietnamese: máy tính làm tính

Chinese translation of 'calculator'

calculator

(ˈkælkjuleɪtəʳ)

n (c)

  1. 计(計)算器 (jìsuànqì) (个(個), gè)
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