Definitions for calculation

calculation cal·cu·la·tion

Spelling: [kal-kyuh-ley-shuh n]
IPA: /ˌkæl kyəˈleɪ ʃən/

Calculation is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 500 anagrams from letters in calculation (aaccillnotu).

Definitions for calculation

noun

  1. the act or process of calculating; computation.
  2. the result or product of calculating:
  3. an estimate based on the known facts; forecast:
  4. forethought; prior or careful planning.
  5. scheming selfishness.

Origin of calculation

1350-1400; Middle English Late Latin calculātiōn- (stem of calculātiō reckoning). See calculate, -ion

Examples for calculation

According to one calculation, $102 billion over the last four years.

His calculation is drawn in part by the response of the Libyan people following the fall of Muammar Gaddafi.

He, Philip Crane, the man of calculation, was but a creature of emotion.

This sort of calculation—not too hot, not too cold—is better left to Goldilocks.

"Ah, reason and calculation are often outdone by accident," returned the scout.

We acted upon the calculation that a woman with her thirty per cent.

Still, it remains a calculation both parents and governments make.

Everything becomes a sort of calculation against the geometry and parabolas of the IDF.

There is no possible position, it is said, which he did not take into calculation.

And sure enough, we found it wuz the calculation of some on 'em.

Word Value for calculation
Scrable

15

Words with friends

21

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