calculation

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌkælkjuˈleɪʃən/
- Audio (Southern England): (file)
(General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌkælkjəˈleɪʃən/
(General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌkælkjəˈlæɪʃən/
Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

calculation (countable and uncountable, plural calculations)

(mathematics, uncountable) The act or process of calculating.
(mathematics, countable) The result of calculating.
- 1962, Hugh D. Young, chapter 3, in Statistical Treatment of Experimental Data, →ISBN, page 53:
  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.
- 2012 January, Michael Riordan, “Tackling Infinity”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 30 April 2013, page 86:
  Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when theorists try to prod their calculations into new domains. Getting rid of these nagging infinities has probably occupied far more effort than was spent in originating the theories.
(countable) Reckoning, estimate.
By my calculation, we should be there by midnight.
(countable) An expectation based on circumstances.
(chess, uncountable) The act or process of imagining sequences of potential moves and responses without actually moving the pieces.

Synonyms

(act or process of calculating): computation, evaluation, reckoning (old); see also Thesaurus:calculation
(Result of calculation): sum
(estimate): estimate, guess, reckoning, measurement
(act or process of imagining sequences of moves): reading

Derived terms

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Translations

act or process of calculating

Afrikaans: berekening
Arabic: حَسْب m (ḥasb), مُحَاسَبَة f (muḥāsaba)
Armenian: հաշիվ (hy) (hašiv), հաշվում (hy) (hašvum), հաշվարկ (hy) (hašvark)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܚܲܫܒܲܢܬܵܐ f (ḳāšbānta), ܚܘܼܫܒܵܢܵܐ m (ḳušbana)
Azerbaijani: hesablama
Belarusian: вылічэ́нне n (vyličénnje), разраху́нак m (razraxúnak), разлі́к m (razlík)
Bulgarian: изчисле́ние (bg) n (izčislénie)
Catalan: càlcul (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 計算 / 计算 (zh) (jìsuàn)
Czech: výpočet (cs) m, propočet m, kalkulace f
Danish: beregning c, udregning c, kalkulation c
Esperanto: kalkulado
Finnish: laskeminen (fi), laskenta (fi), lasku (fi)
French: calcul (fr) m
Galician: cálculo m
German: Berechnung (de) f
Greek: υπολογισμός (el) m (ypologismós)
Ancient: συλλογισμός m (sullogismós)
Hebrew: חִשׁוּב \ חישוב (he) m (khishuv)
Hindi: गणना (hi) f (gaṇnā)
Hungarian: számítás (hu)
Ido: kalkulo (io)
Irish: ríomh m
Italian: conto (it) m
Japanese: 計算 (ja) (けいさん, keisan)
Kazakh: есептеу (esepteu), есеп (esep)
Khmer: គណនា (km) (kĕəʼnaʼniə)
Korean: 계산 (ko) (gyesan)
Kyrgyz: эсептөө (ky) (eseptöö), эсепчил (ky) (esepcil)
Latin: calculātiō
Macedonian: пресметка f (presmetka), калкулација f (kalkulacija)
Maltese: ħsieb m, taħsib m, kalkolu m
Maori: tātaitanga
Middle English: calculation
Norwegian:
Bokmål: beregning m or f
Ottoman Turkish: حساب (hisab), صان (san)
Pashto: محاسبه f (mahāseba, mohāseba)
Persian: محاسبه (fa) (mohâsebe)
Polish: obliczenie (pl) n, obrachunek m, kalkulacja (pl) f
Portuguese: cálculo (pt) m
Romanian: calculare (ro) f, calcul (ro) n, calculație (ro) f
Russian: вычисле́ние (ru) n (vyčislénije), исчисле́ние (ru) n (isčislénije), расчёт (ru) m (rasčót), подсчёт (ru) m (podsčót)
Sanskrit: गणन (sa) n (gaṇana)
Scottish Gaelic: tomhas m
Slovak: výpočet m, prepočet m, kalkulácia f
Somali: xisaab
Spanish: cálculo (es) m, calculación (es) f
Swedish: beräkning (sv) c, räknande (sv) n
Tagalog: taya, pagtaya, asok
Tajik: муҳосиба (muhosiba)
Thai: การคำนวณ (th) (gaan-kam-nuuan)
Turkish: hesaplama (tr)
Turkmen: hasaplama, rasçýot
Ukrainian: обчи́слення n (občýslennja), ви́рахування n (výraxuvannja), ви́лічення (výličennja), обчи́слювання n (občýsljuvannja), обчисля́ння n (občysljánnja), розраху́нок (uk) m (rozraxúnok)
Uzbek: hisoblash (uz)

result of calculating

Armenian: հաշվարկ (hy) (hašvark)
Czech: výpočet (cs) m
Danish: kalkule c
Farefare: kɛkrɛ
Finnish: laskelma (fi), lasku (fi)
Hebrew: חִשׁוּב \ חישוב (he) m (khishuv)
Ido: kalkulo (io)
Irish: suim f
Italian: conto (it) m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: beregning m or f
Portuguese: cômputo (pt) m
Russian: расчёт (ru) m (rasčót)
Spanish: cálculo (es) m, cómputo (es) m, calculación (es) f
Swedish: uträkning (sv) c
Tagalog: taya
Turkish: sonuç (tr)
Ukrainian: розраху́нок (uk) m (rozraxúnok), обчи́слення n (občýslennja)

reckoning, estimate

Armenian: հաշվարկ (hy) (hašvark)
Bulgarian: разче́т (bg) m (razčét)
Danish: berebning c
Esperanto: kalkulo
Finnish: laskelma (fi), lasku (fi)
Hebrew: חִשׁוּב \ חישוב (he) m (khishuv)
Italian: conto (it) m
Maori: tātaitanga
Norwegian:
Bokmål: beregning m or f
Ottoman Turkish: حساب (hisab), صان (san)
Portuguese: cálculo (pt) m, cômputo (pt) m, apuração (pt) f
Russian: расчёт (ru) m (rasčót)
Scottish Gaelic: tomhas m
Spanish: cálculo (es) m, calculación (es) f
Swedish: beräkning (sv) c, uträkning (sv) c
Turkish: hesap (tr), tahmin (tr)
Ukrainian: розраху́нок (uk) m (rozraxúnok)

expectation based on circumstances

Armenian: հաշվարկ (hy) (hašvark)
Bulgarian: предположе́ние (bg) n (predpoložénie)
Finnish: laskelma (fi)
Polish: kalkulacja (pl) f
Russian: предположе́ние (ru) n (predpoložénije), расчёт (ru) m (rasčót)
Scottish Gaelic: tomhas m
Spanish: conjetura (es) f, cálculo (es) m
Turkish: hesap (tr)
Ukrainian: розраху́нок (uk) m (rozraxúnok)

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