a. [ Cf. F. calculable. ] That may be calculated or ascertained by calculation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. calculus a pebble, a calculus; cf calcularius pertaining to calculation. ] (Med.) Of or pertaining to calculi. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A congeries of little stony knots found in the pulp of the pear and other fruits. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Calculater p. pr. & vb. n. Calculating ] [ L, calculatus, p. p. of calculate, fr. calculus a pebble, a stone used in reckoning; hence, a reckoning, fr. calx, calcis, a stone used in gaming, limestone. See Calx. ] 1. To ascertain or determine by mathematical processes, usually by the ordinary rules of arithmetic; to reckon up; to estimate; to compute. [ 1913 Webster ]

A calencar exacity calculated than any othe. North. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To ascertain or predict by mathematical or astrological computations the time, circumstances, or other conditions of; to forecast or compute the character or consequences of; as, to calculate or cast one's nativity. [ 1913 Webster ]

A cunning man did calculate my birth. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To adjust for purpose; to adapt by forethought or calculation; to fit or prepare by the adaptation of means to an end; as, to calculate a system of laws for the government and protection of a free people. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Religion ] is . . . calculated for our benefit. Abp. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To plan; to expect; to think. [ Local, U. S. ]

Syn. -- To compute; reckon; count; estimate; rate. -- To Calculate, Compute. Reckon, Count. These words indicate the means by which we arrive at a given result in regard to quantity. We calculate with a view to obtain a certain point of knowledge; as, to calculate an eclipse. We compute by combining given numbers, in order to learn the grand result. We reckon and count in carrying out the details of a computation. These words are also used in a secondary and figurative sense. “Calculate is rather a conjection from what is, as to what may be; computation is a rational estimate of what has been, from what is; reckoning is a conclusive conviction, a pleasing assurance that a thing will happen; counting indicates an expectation. We calculate on a gain; we compute any loss sustained, or the amount of any mischief done; we reckon on a promised pleasure; we count the hours and minutes until the time of enjoyment arrives” Crabb. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To make a calculation; to forecast consequences; to estimate; to compute. [ 1913 Webster ]

The strong passions, whether good or bad, never calculate. F. W. Robertson. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. & a. 1. Worked out by calculation; as calculated tables for computing interest; ascertained or conjectured as a result of calculation; as, the calculated place of a planet; the calculated velocity of a cannon ball. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Adapted by calculation, contrivance. or forethought to accomplish a purpose; as, to use arts calculated to deceive the people; a calculated response. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Likely to produce a certain effect, whether intended or not; fitted; adapted; suited. [ 1913 Webster ]

The only danger that attends multiplicity of publication is, that some of them may be calculated to injure rather than benefit society. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

The minister, on the other hand, had never gone through an experience calculated to lead him beyond the scope of generally received laws. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Of or pertaining to mathematical calculations; performing or able to perform mathematical calculations. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Given to contrivance or forethought; forecasting; scheming; as, a cool calculating disposition. [ 1913 Webster ]

Calculating machine, a machine for the mechanical performance of mathematical operations, for the most part invented by Charles Babbage and G. and E. Scheutz. It computes logarithmic and other mathematical tables of a high degree of intricacy, imprinting the results on a leaden plate, from which a stereotype plate is then directly made. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or process of making mathematical computations or of estimating results. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. calculation, fr. L. calculatio; cf. OF. calcucation. ] 1. The act or process, or the result, of calculating; computation; reckoning, estimate. “The calculation of eclipses.” Nichol. [ 1913 Webster ]

The mountain is not so his calculation makes it. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An expectation based on circumstances. [ 1913 Webster ]

The lazy gossips of the port,
Abhorrent of a calculation crost,
Began to chafe as at a personal wrong. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to calculation; involving calculation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Long habits of calculative dealings. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L.: cf. F. calculateur. ] One who computes or reckons: one who estimates or considers the force and effect of causes, with a view to form a correct estimate of the effects. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ambition is no exact calculator. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. calculatorius. ] Belonging to calculation. Sherwood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. calcul, fr. L. calculus. See Calculus. ] Reckoning; computation. [ Obs. ] Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To calculate [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. See Calculus. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. calculosus. ] 1. Of the nature of a calculus; like stone; gritty; as, a calculous concretion. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Caused, or characterized, by the presence of a calculus or calculi; a, a calculous disorder; affected with gravel or stone; as, a calculous person. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Calculi [ L, calculus. See Calculate, and Calcule. ] 1. (Med.) Any solid concretion, formed in any part of the body, but most frequent in the organs that act as reservoirs, and in the passages connected with them; as, biliary calculi; urinary calculi, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Math.) A method of computation; any process of reasoning by the use of symbols; any branch of mathematics that may involve calculation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Barycentric calculus, a method of treating geometry by defining a point as the center of gravity of certain other points to which coëfficients or weights are ascribed. --
Calculus of functions, that branch of mathematics which treats of the forms of functions that shall satisfy given conditions. --
Calculus of operations, that branch of mathematical logic that treats of all operations that satisfy given conditions. --
Calculus of probabilities, the science that treats of the computation of the probabilities of events, or the application of numbers to chance. --
Calculus of variations, a branch of mathematics in which the laws of dependence which bind the variable quantities together are themselves subject to change. --
Differential calculus, a method of investigating mathematical questions by using the ratio of certain indefinitely small quantities called differentials. The problems are primarily of this form: to find how the change in some variable quantity alters at each instant the value of a quantity dependent upon it. --
Exponential calculus, that part of algebra which treats of exponents. --
Imaginary calculus, a method of investigating the relations of real or imaginary quantities by the use of the imaginary symbols and quantities of algebra. --
Integral calculus, a method which in the reverse of the differential, the primary object of which is to learn from the known ratio of the indefinitely small changes of two or more magnitudes, the relation of the magnitudes themselves, or, in other words, from having the differential of an algebraic expression to find the expression itself. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being incalculable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. in- not + calculable: cf. F. incalculable. ] Not capable of being calculated; beyond calculation; very great; as, his action did incalculable harm. -- In*cal"cu*la*ble*ness, n. -- In*cal"cu*la*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. 1. To calculate erroneously. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To judge wrongly, especially about the effects of action or the likely course of events. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. 1. a mistake in calculating.
Syn. -- misreckoning, misestimation. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. An error in judgment, especially about the effects of action or the likely course of events; as, IBM's miscalculation about the impact of microcomputers cost them many billions in lost opportunities; Sadam's invasion of Kuwait was only his worst, but not his last, miscalculation. [ PJC ]

v. t. To calculate or determine beforehand; to prearrange. Masson. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Med.), an abnormal concretion formed in the excretory passages of the kidney, composed primarily of calcium oxalates and phosphates; -- also called kidney stone, nephrolith, and nephritic calculus (an obsolete term). [ PJC ]

See accommodating.
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See ailing.
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See alarming.
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See appreciating.
See approving.
See aspiring.
See assisting.
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See bearing.
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See beginning.
See believing.
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See bleeding.
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See considering.
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See despairing.
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See doubting.
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See ending.
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See enterprising.
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See existing.
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See fighting.
See fitting.
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See flattering.
See flinching.
See folding.
See forbearing.
See foreboding.
See foreseeing.
See forgiving.
See giving.
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See harming.
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See hoping.
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See moving.
See murmuring.
See obliging.
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See pardoning.
See paying.
See perceiving.
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See perishing.
See pitying.
See pleasing.
See possessing.
See preaching.
See prepossessing.
See presuming.
See pretending.
See prevailing.
See prevaricating.
See profiting.
See promising.
See proving.
See quailing.
See questioning.
See reasoning.
See recalling.
See reclining.
See recurring.
See referring.
See reflecting.
See refunding.
See refusing.
See rejoicing.
See relaxing.
See relishing.
See remembering.
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See resisting.
See resolving.
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See returning.
See rewarding.
See sanctifying.
See satisfying.
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See sleeping.
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See speaking.
See stinting.
See stirring.
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See submitting.
See sufficing.
See suiting.
See surging.
See suspecting.
See sweating.
See swerving.
See sympathizing.
See tasting.
See thriving.
See tiring.
See toiling.
See trading.
See trembling.
See trespassing.
See trifling.
See vacillating.
See varying.
See walking.
See wandering.
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See wasting.
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See weeping.
See winking.
See winning.
See withdrawing.
See withering.
See wondering.
See working.
See writing.
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----- and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

The above classes of words are unlimited in extent, and such compounds may be formed by any writer or speaker at will from almost all the adjectives or participles in the language, excepting those which have a recognized and usual negative correspondent with the prefix -in. No attempt will be made, therefore, to define them all in this Dictionary; many will be omitted from its Vocabulary which are negations of the simple word, and are readily explained by prefixing a not to the latter. Derivatives of these words in -ly and -ness will also, for the most part, be omitted for the same or similar reasons. [ 1913 Webster ]

There will be inserted as separate articles with definitions, the following: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Those which have acquired an opposed or contrary, instead of a merely negative, meaning; as, unfriendly, ungraceful, unpalatable, unquiet, and the like; or else an intensive sense more than a prefixed not would express; as, unending, unparalleled, undisciplined, undoubted, unsafe, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Those which have the value of independent words, inasmuch as the simple words are either not used at all, or are rarely, or at least much less frequently, used; as, unavoidable, unconscionable, undeniable, unspeakable, unprecedented, unruly, and the like; or inasmuch as they are used in a different sense from the usual meaning of the primitive, or especially in one of the significations of the latter; as, unaccountable, unalloyed, unbelieving, unpretending, unreserved, and the like; or inasmuch as they are so frequently and familiarly used that they are hardly felt to be of negative origin; as, uncertain, uneven, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Those which are anomalous, provincial, or, for some other reason, not desirable to be used, and are so indicated; as, unpure for impure, unsatisfaction for dissatisfaction, unexpressible for inexpressible, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

II. Un- is prefixed to nouns to express the absence of, or the contrary of, that which the noun signifies; as, unbelief, unfaith, unhealth, unrest, untruth, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Compounds of this last class are given in full in their proper order in the Vocabulary. [ 1913 Webster ]