Calculation
Pronunciation : Cal`cu*la"tion
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OE. calculation, fr. L. calculatio; cf. OF. calcucation.]
Definition : 1. The act or process, or the result, of calculating; computation; reckoning, estimate. "The calculation of eclipses." Nichol. The mountain is not so his calculation makes it. Boyle.
2. An expectation based on cirumstances. The lazy gossips of the port, Abborrent of a calculation crost, Began to chafe as at a personal wrong. Tennyson.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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