calculable

Meanings

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   adj

   able to be calculated, measured, or estimated with reasonable accuracy

   The delay caused a calculable loss in ticket revenue.

Formed from calculate + -able, probably after French calculable. Calculate comes from Latin calculare, 'to reckon with small stones,' from calculus, 'a pebble used for counting.' The adjective therefore marks something that can be reduced to a reckoning or estimate.

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