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Definitions for calculating
ˈkæl kyəˌleɪ tɪŋcal·cu·lat·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. calculating, calculative, conniving, scheming, shrewdadjective

    used of persons

    "the most calculating and selfish men in the community"

Wiktionary

  1. calculatingadjective

    Which has the ability to calculate.

  2. calculatingadjective

    Which serves one's own interests in an unemotional, analytical manner.

Wikipedia

  1. calculating

    A calculation is a deliberate mathematical process that transforms one or more inputs into one or more outputs or results. The term is used in a variety of senses, from the very definite arithmetical calculation of using an algorithm, to the vague heuristics of calculating a strategy in a competition, or calculating the chance of a successful relationship between two people. For example, multiplying 7 by 6 is a simple algorithmic calculation. Extracting the square root or the cube root of a number using mathematical models is a more complex algorithmic calculation. Statistical estimations of the likely election results from opinion polls also involve algorithmic calculations, but produces ranges of possibilities rather than exact answers. To calculate means to determine mathematically in the case of a number or amount, or in the case of an abstract problem to deduce the answer using logic, reason or common sense. The English word derives from the Latin calculus, which originally meant a small stone in the gall-bladder (from Latin calx). It also meant a pebble used for calculating, or a small stone used as a counter in an abacus (Latin abacus, Greek abax). The abacus was an instrument used by Greeks and Romans for arithmetic calculations, preceding the slide-rule and the electronic calculator, and consisted of perforated pebbles sliding on iron bars. Calculation is a prerequisite for computation.

ChatGPT

  1. calculating

    Calculating is the action of performing mathematical operations, such as addition, subtraction, multiplication and division to find or prove an answer. It typically involves the use of numbers and quantitative data, but can also involve variables or symbols. Calculating may be done manually, through mental processes, or with the aid of calculators or computers. It is often used in a variety of fields such as business, finance, science, and engineering.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Calculating

    of Calculate

  2. Calculatingadjective

    of or pertaining to mathematical calculations; performing or able to perform mathematical calculations

  3. Calculatingadjective

    given to contrivance or forethought; forecasting; scheming; as, a cool calculating disposition

  4. Calculatingnoun

    the act or process of making mathematical computations or of estimating results

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of calculating in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of calculating in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of calculating in a Sentence

  1. Thomas Kane:

    Students in high-poverty schools that were remote for more than half of 2020-21 would be expected to see a 5% decline in average earnings over their career, given past relationships between test scores and earnings, that may not sound like much, but when calculating losses for all 50 million students in K-12 education in the U.S., it would amount to a $2 trillion decline in lifetime earnings.

  2. Nicolas Chamfort:

    Education must have two foundations --morality as a support for virtue, prudence as a defense for self against the vices of others. By letting the balance incline to the side of morality, you only make dupes or martyrs; by letting it incline to the other, you make calculating egoists.

  3. Scott Shellenberger:

    The governor should not be using his last days in office to show any mercy to these cold, calculating murderers.

  4. Valtteri Bottas:

    We were racing hard, obviously, and of course I ’m not going to back off, I ’m fighting for the positions. I was calculating the risk, I think there was a decent possibility to get through. But, hey, it ended up like this.

  5. Mickey Mehta:

    The amount of time we spend thinking, criticizing, judging, worrying, calculating, fighting, hating, arguing, is not funny. Considering one third of our lives we spend sleeping and the rest is consumed by non-creative processes mentioned above... What a waste of life. Let's also stop becoming paranoid humanoids and instead simply be human beings living in joy. Mickeymize your life...

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