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单词 calculation
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Definition of calculation in English:

calculation

noun kalkjʊˈleɪʃ(ə)nˌkælkjəˈleɪʃ(ə)n
  • 1A mathematical determination of the amount or number of something.

    finding ways of saving money involves complicated calculations
    mass noun the calculation of depreciation
    Example sentencesExamples
    • So he's going to have to do some research to determine the figures before he can do his calculations.
    • His main skill was in numerical calculations and manipulation of complicated expressions.
    • Yes, time is required to do a calculation known amongst mathematicians as subtraction.
    • Relatively complicated calculations are necessary to point to this conclusion.
    • Precise mathematical calculations are worked out and this determines how a person's life is affected.
    • People engage in market calculations to determine how much energy to give each other.
    • He spent hours each day carrying out complex mathematical calculations to maintain the deception.
    • A simple calculation based on the amount of energy needed to flood New York suggested the claim was exaggerated.
    • The record does not contain the trial court's calculations for determining the damages.
    • Most mechanics from those times tended to be simple aids for applied mathematical calculations.
    • The hope is that shoppers could monitor their intake without having to do complicated calculations.
    • The dispute then is not with respect to the mathematical calculation but rather the entitlement.
    • They give little knowledge about any mathematical calculations which might have been done with the number systems.
    • The rest of the tournament is decided by complicated calculations or, as it turns out, by the weather.
    • Guo used other clever mathematical techniques in his calculations for the calendar.
    • When you do the calculations on the amount deposited its not a good return.
    • The only gripe he had about the paper was the amount of calculations students were required to complete.
    • Working out if you are entitled to this involves even more complex calculations.
    • For this Piero uses a method which involves a very large amount of tedious calculation.
    • The Society no doubt had to make a reverse calculation in order to determine the differential final bonuses.
    Synonyms
    computation, reckoning, adding up, counting up, working out, determining, figuring, estimation, estimate
    sum
    British totting up
    1. 1.1 An assessment of the risks, possibilities, or effects of a situation or course of action.
      decisions are shaped by political calculations
      Example sentencesExamples
      • A conflict over resources was brewing, but it was political calculations that lit the spark.
      • This agrees with the scientific calculations of risk that I have found.
      • The overall calculation of risk may include more than one type of screening test plus the woman's age.
      • Exact calculations of this effect are extremely difficult, and can only really be done by computer modelling.
      • Adequate training is required to ensure that the risk calculation tools are used only for appropriate patients.
      • This is, of course, a theoretical calculation, but one which graphically illustrates the point.
      • Both are cynical gestures driven by political calculations rather than by a moral inspiration that comes from the soul.
      • Many doctors use risk calculations for heart disease to help advise their patients.
      • For example, the transfer of the loans may be at a discount, taking potential risks into the calculation of price.
      • You would not undertake a detailed calculation or assessment of the individual piping and its instruments.
      • We also tend to obscure a big principle with everyday political calculations and chatter.
      • This consideration is not, of course, absent from the calculations of politicians.
      • Rather than risk reward calculations and unthinking optimism, what we need now is courage.
      • You could hear the whirr and hum of political calculation, the internal hedging of bets.
      • In both cases political calculations ran aground on the rock of public opinion.
      • We aimed to enable the calculation of risk of cardiovascular death within five years from a few personal factors.
      • All these factors will tend to underestimate our calculations of risk.
      • In every case, they are motivated by the basest and most transparent political calculations.
      • This is the period over which Mr. Lee has projected the calculation of future loss.
      • All the risk calculations are age based so you will see some changes.
      Synonyms
      assessment, judgement
      forecast, projection, prediction, expectation

Origin

Late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin calculatio(n-), from the verb calculare (see calculate).

 
 

Definition of calculation in US English:

calculation

nounˌkalkyəˈlāSH(ə)nˌkælkjəˈleɪʃ(ə)n
  • 1A mathematical determination of the size or number of something.

    finding ways of saving money involves complicated calculations
    calculation of depreciation
    Example sentencesExamples
    • So he's going to have to do some research to determine the figures before he can do his calculations.
    • Working out if you are entitled to this involves even more complex calculations.
    • Precise mathematical calculations are worked out and this determines how a person's life is affected.
    • The rest of the tournament is decided by complicated calculations or, as it turns out, by the weather.
    • He spent hours each day carrying out complex mathematical calculations to maintain the deception.
    • A simple calculation based on the amount of energy needed to flood New York suggested the claim was exaggerated.
    • Most mechanics from those times tended to be simple aids for applied mathematical calculations.
    • They give little knowledge about any mathematical calculations which might have been done with the number systems.
    • People engage in market calculations to determine how much energy to give each other.
    • Guo used other clever mathematical techniques in his calculations for the calendar.
    • His main skill was in numerical calculations and manipulation of complicated expressions.
    • Yes, time is required to do a calculation known amongst mathematicians as subtraction.
    • For this Piero uses a method which involves a very large amount of tedious calculation.
    • The only gripe he had about the paper was the amount of calculations students were required to complete.
    • The dispute then is not with respect to the mathematical calculation but rather the entitlement.
    • The hope is that shoppers could monitor their intake without having to do complicated calculations.
    • The record does not contain the trial court's calculations for determining the damages.
    • The Society no doubt had to make a reverse calculation in order to determine the differential final bonuses.
    • Relatively complicated calculations are necessary to point to this conclusion.
    • When you do the calculations on the amount deposited its not a good return.
    Synonyms
    computation, reckoning, adding up, counting up, working out, determining, figuring, estimation, estimate
    1. 1.1often calculations An assessment of the risks, possibilities, or effects of a situation or course of action.
      decisions are shaped by political calculations
      Example sentencesExamples
      • A conflict over resources was brewing, but it was political calculations that lit the spark.
      • All these factors will tend to underestimate our calculations of risk.
      • Many doctors use risk calculations for heart disease to help advise their patients.
      • This agrees with the scientific calculations of risk that I have found.
      • Both are cynical gestures driven by political calculations rather than by a moral inspiration that comes from the soul.
      • You would not undertake a detailed calculation or assessment of the individual piping and its instruments.
      • This is, of course, a theoretical calculation, but one which graphically illustrates the point.
      • Adequate training is required to ensure that the risk calculation tools are used only for appropriate patients.
      • For example, the transfer of the loans may be at a discount, taking potential risks into the calculation of price.
      • The overall calculation of risk may include more than one type of screening test plus the woman's age.
      • Rather than risk reward calculations and unthinking optimism, what we need now is courage.
      • In every case, they are motivated by the basest and most transparent political calculations.
      • This consideration is not, of course, absent from the calculations of politicians.
      • We aimed to enable the calculation of risk of cardiovascular death within five years from a few personal factors.
      • We also tend to obscure a big principle with everyday political calculations and chatter.
      • This is the period over which Mr. Lee has projected the calculation of future loss.
      • In both cases political calculations ran aground on the rock of public opinion.
      • Exact calculations of this effect are extremely difficult, and can only really be done by computer modelling.
      • You could hear the whirr and hum of political calculation, the internal hedging of bets.
      • All the risk calculations are age based so you will see some changes.
      Synonyms
      assessment, judgement

Origin

Late Middle English: via Old French from late Latin calculatio(n-), from the verb calculare (see calculate).

 
 
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