calculation
/kalkjʊˈleɪʃ(ə)n
/noun
1A mathematical determination of the amount or number of something: finding ways of saving money involves complicated calculations [mass noun]: the calculation of depreciation...
- Precise mathematical calculations are worked out and this determines how a person's life is affected.
- The only gripe he had about the paper was the amount of calculations students were required to complete.
- He spent hours each day carrying out complex mathematical calculations to maintain the deception.
Synonyms
computation, reckoning, adding up, counting up, working out, determining, figuring, estimation, estimate;
sum;
British totting up
1.1An assessment of the risks, possibilities, or effects of a situation or course of action: decisions are shaped by political calculations...
- This agrees with the scientific calculations of risk that I have found.
- All the risk calculations are age based so you will see some changes.
- This is, of course, a theoretical calculation, but one which graphically illustrates the point.
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).