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calculations

calculations is the plural of calculation.

Meaning of calculation

Noun

calculation (countable and uncountable, plural calculations)

  1. (uncountable) The act or process of calculating.
    Synonyms:
    computation
  2. (countable) The result of calculating.
    • As a check on these calculations we note that the total probability for 0, 1, 2, or 3 successes must be one since there are no other possibilities.1962, Hugh D. Young, chapter 3, in Statistical Treatment of Experimental Data, →ISBN, page 53
    Synonyms:
    sum
  3. (countable) Reckoning, estimate.
    • By my calculation, we should be there by midnight.
  4. (countable) An expectation based on circumstances.
  5. (uncountable) The act or process of imagining sequences of potential moves and responses without actually moving the pieces.
    Synonyms:
    reading

Questions about calculations

What is calculations the plural of?
Calculations is the plural of calculation.

Words near calculations in the dictionary

  1. calculating out
  2. calculatingly
  3. calculation
  4. calculational
  5. calculationally
  6. calculations
  7. calculative
  8. calculator
  9. calculatorlike
  10. calculators
  11. calculatory

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