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backcalculate

backcalculate verb: to perform backcalculation.

Verb

backcalculate (third-person singular simple present backcalculates, present participle backcalculating, simple past and past participle backcalculated)

  1. To perform backcalculation

Forms of backcalculate

third-person singular presentbackcalculates
present participlebackcalculating
past participlebackcalculated
pastbackcalculated

Origin of backcalculate

From back + calculate.

Questions about backcalculate

What does backcalculate mean?
Backcalculate means to perform backcalculation.
What part of speech is backcalculate?
Backcalculate is a verb.
What is the past tense of backcalculate?
The past tense of backcalculate is backcalculated.

Words near backcalculate in the dictionary

  1. backburnering
  2. backburners
  3. backburning
  4. backburns
  5. backburnt
  6. backcalculate
  7. backcalculated
  8. backcalculation
  9. backcalculations
  10. backcard
  11. backcards

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