Definitions for calculations
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1. calculations

   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.

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1. calculationsnoun

   Plural noun of the word calculation.

   The financial controller always had a formula to check her calculations.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 23, 2017  

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How to say calculations in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of calculations in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of calculations in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of calculations in a Sentence

1. Carl Thayer:

   They've given themselves a much more powerful deterrent that complicates China's strategic calculations.

2. Bhramar Mukherjee:

   The real challenge with capturing Covid deaths is because the cause of death is often assigned a comorbidity like kidney disease or heart disease, that's why many countries are now doing excess death calculations, excess mortality calculations, in the UK and United States.

3. Valery Spiridonov:

   According to Canavero’s calculations, if everything goes to plan, two years is the time frame needed to verify all scientific calculations and plan the procedure’s details, it isn’t a race. No doubt, the surgery will be done once the doctor and the experts are 99 percent sure of its success.

4. Primo Levi:

   After the planet becomes theirs, many millions of years will have to pass before a beetle particularly loved by God, at the end of its calculations will find written on a sheet of paper in letters of fire that energy is equal to the mass multiplied by the square of the velocity of light. The new kings of the world will live tranquilly for a long time, confining themselves to devouring each other and being parasites among each other on a cottage industry scale.

5. Ali Khamenei:

   Given our vast maritime borders and the enemy's huge investments in this area, our armed forces should continuously improve their (combat) readiness, irrespective of political calculations.

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