calculation

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The process of working something out using numbers.

   The calculation of the final score took a few minutes.

2. 2
   noun

   The result or amount you get from working something out.

   By my calculation, we should arrive by midnight.

3. 3
   noun

   Careful planning, often in a selfish or clever way.

   There was a cold calculation behind everything she did.

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

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