calculation

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin calculatio, calculationis.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kælkjuˈleɪʃən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /kælkjəˈleɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

calculation (countable and uncountable, plural calculations)

1. (mathematics, uncountable) The act or process of calculating.
2. (mathematics, countable) The result of calculating.
   • 2012 January 1, Michael Riordan, “Tackling Infinity”, in American Scientist‎^[1], volume 100, number 1, 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.

3. (countable) Reckoning, estimate.

   By my calculation, we should be there by midnight.

4. (countable) An expectation based on circumstances.

Synonyms

• (act or process of calculating): computation, reckoning (old); see also Thesaurus:calculation
• (Result of calculation): sum
• (estimate): estimate, guess, reckoning, measurement

Related terms

• calculable
• calculate
• calculator
• calculus

Translations

act or process of calculating

• Arabic: حَسْب‎ m (ḥasb)
• Armenian: հաշիվ (hy) (hašiv), հաշվում (hy) (hašvum), հաշվարկ (hy) (hašvark)
• Bulgarian: изчисле́ние (bg) n (izčislénie)
• Catalan: càlcul (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 計算 (zh), 计算 (zh) (jìsuàn)

• Czech: výpočet (cs) m
• Esperanto: kalkulado
• Finnish: laskeminen (fi), laskenta (fi), lasku (fi)
• French: calcul (fr) m
• Galician: cálculo m
• German: Berechnung (de) f
• Hebrew: חִשׁוּב \ חישוב‎ (he) m (khishuv)
• Hindi: गणना (hi) f (gaṇnā)
• Ido: kalkulo (io)
• Irish: ríomh m
• Italian: conto (it) m

• Japanese: 計算 (ja) (けいさん, keisan)
• Korean: 계산 (ko) (gyesan)
• Latin: calculātiō
• Maltese: ħsieb m, taħsib m, kalkolu m
• Maori: tātaitanga
• Middle English: calculation
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: beregning m or f

• Persian: محاسبه‎ (fa) (mohâsebe)
• 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)
• Scottish Gaelic: tomhas m
• Spanish: cálculo (es)
• Swedish: beräkning (sv) c, räknande (sv) n
• Tagalog: taya, pagtaya, asok
• Turkish: hesaplama (tr)

result of calculating

• Armenian: հաշվարկ (hy) (hašvark)
• Czech: výpočet (cs) m
• 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
• Swedish: uträkning (sv) c
• Tagalog: taya
• Turkish: sonuç (tr)

reckoning, estimate

• Armenian: հաշվարկ (hy) (hašvark)
• Bulgarian: разче́т (bg) m (razčét)
• 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

• Portuguese: cálculo (pt) m, cômputo (pt) m, apuração (pt) f
• Russian: расчёт (ru) m (rasčót)
• Scottish Gaelic: tomhas m
• Spanish: cálculo (es) m
• Swedish: beräkning (sv) c, uträkning (sv) c
• Turkish: hesap (tr), tahmin (tr)

expectation based on circumstances

• Armenian: հաշվարկ (hy) (hašvark)
• Bulgarian: предположе́ние (bg) n (predpoložénie)
• Finnish: laskelma (fi)
• Russian: предположе́ние (ru) n (predpoložénije), расчёт (ru) m (rasčót)

• Scottish Gaelic: tomhas m
• Spanish: conjetura (es) f
• Turkish: hesap (tr)

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