## Meanings
1. The process of working something out using numbers.
2. The result or amount you get from working something out.
3. Careful planning, often in a selfish or clever way.

## Examples
- The calculation of the final score took a few minutes.
- By my calculation, we should arrive by midnight.
- There was a cold calculation behind everything she did.

## Synonyms
- calculus
- ciphering
- computing
- evaluation
- reckoning
- supputation

## Antonyms
- miscalculation
- miscomputation
- misreckoning

## Derived Forms
- backcalculation
- calculational
- miscalculation
- overcalculation
- precalculation
- recalculation
- retrocalculation
- subcalculation
- undercalculation

## Related Forms
- calculable
- calculate
- calculator
- calculus

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: calculation
- Root: calculatio

## Etymology
From Middle English calculation, borrowed from Latin calculatio, calculationis. Morphologically calculate + -ion.

## AI Etymology
Calculation comes from Middle English calculation, borrowed from Latin calculatio, calculationis. Morphologically calculate + -ion.

## Topics
- Mathematics & Measurement

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