calculating

English

Adjective

calculating (comparative more calculating, superlative most calculating)

1. (especially of a robot) Which has the ability to calculate.
2. (especially of a person) Which serves one's own interests in an unemotional, analytical manner.
   • 2011 December 14, Steven Morris, “Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave”, Guardian:

     Following the sentencing, Knutton said: "What sort of person does something so cold and calculating? I did not expect her to go to jail for it. I am just glad it is now all over."

Translations

which has the ability to calculate

• Bulgarian: сметачен (bg) (smetačen)
• Hungarian: számoló (hu)

• Japanese: 計算可能な (ja) (keisan kanōna)

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

• Bulgarian: пресметлив (bg) (presmetliv)
• Finnish: laskelmoiva (fi)
• Hungarian: számító (hu)

• Japanese: 計算高い (ja) (keisandakai)
• Spanish: calculador (es), maquiavélico (es)

Verb

calculating

1. Present participle of calculate.