From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Numberscalculationcal‧cu‧la‧tion /ˌkælkjəˈleɪʃən/ ●●○ noun1[countable usually plural, uncountable]COUNT/CALCULATE when you use numbers in order to find out an amount, price, or value
Dee looked at the bill and made some rapid calculations.by somebody’s/some/many calculations
By some calculations, the population will reach eight million soon.2[countable, uncountable]CAREFULcareful planning in order to get what you want, especially without caring about the effects on other people → miscalculation
political calculation3[uncountable] when you think carefully about what the probable results will be if you do something → miscalculationCOLLOCATIONSverbsdo/make a calculationThe children should be able to do that calculation in their heads.perform a calculation formal (=do one)Computers can perform calculations very quickly.adjectivesa simple calculationA simple calculation will show that these figures are incorrect.a rough calculation (=not very detailed or exact)I made a few rough calculations of how much it would cost.a quick/rapid calculationHe did a rapid calculation.a detailed calculationYour report must be supported by detailed calculations.complex calculationsComputers can be used to handle complex calculations.mathematical calculationspages of mathematical calculationssomebody's calculations are right/correct/accurateFortunately his calculations were accurate.somebody's calculations are wrong/inaccurateSome of our calculations were wrong.Examples from the Corpuscalculation• Mickey sat at the kitchentable doing calculations on a scratchpad.• The tape will keep running back and forth through the device so long as furthercalculations need to be performed.• Now his calculations were for naught.• In contrast Stanley's usually made the inspiredcalculations of a good invitation side out for a scoringspree.• Once all the necessarycalculations have been made the experiment can proceed.• The methods of calculation for the Cornfield confidenceintervals and the population and relativeattributablerisks are given by Breslow and Day.• This type of calculation would take several hours without a computer.• According to Skogström, the chargingstructure is still based on calculations for commercialvessels.• According to our calculations, 2000 jobs will be lost.• Leibniz plans a system of characterscapable of such precisecalculation that mentalerror would be equivalent to an error of computation.by somebody’s/some/many calculations• About $ 3 by our calculations.• Estimates of world oilreserves have increased steadily since the 1970s, more than doublingby some calculations.• Such factorsrequiredrectifyingby the appropriate calculations.
