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calculating |
calculating machine |
calculatingly |
calculation |
calculative |
calculator
| calculatory
| calcule
| calculi
| calculous
| calculus
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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun calculator has 2 senses
- calculator(n = noun.person) computer, estimator, figurer, reckoner - an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines); Array is a kind of expert
- calculator(n = noun.artifact) calculating machine - a small machine that is used for mathematical calculations; Array has particulars: abacus, adder, adding machine, totaliser, totalizer, counter, tabulator, hand calculator, pocket calculator, napier's bones, napier's rods, quipu, subtracter
has particulars: adder, number cruncher, actuary, statistician, subtracter
Derived form verb calculate1
is a kind of machine
Derived form verb calculate1
CIDE DICTIONARY
calculator, n. [L.: cf. F. calculateur.].
One who computes or reckons: one who estimates or considers the force and effect of causes, with a view to form a correct estimate of the effects. [1913 Webster]
"Ambition is no exact calculator."
[1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
calculator, n.
1 a device (esp. a small electronic one) used for making mathematical calculations.
2 a person or thing that calculates.
3 a set of tables used in calculation.
1 a device (esp. a small electronic one) used for making mathematical calculations.
2 a person or thing that calculates.
3 a set of tables used in calculation.
Etymology
ME f. L (as CALCULATE)
THESAURUS
calculator
CA, CPA, Comptometer, abacist, abacus, accountant, accountant general, actuary, adding, adding machine, analog computer, arithmograph, arithmometer, auditor, bank accountant, bank examiner, bookkeeper, calculating machine, cash register, certified public accountant, chartered accountant, clerk, comptroller, computation, computer, controller, cost accountant, cost keeper, counter, difference engine, digital computer, electronic computer, estimator, figurer, intriguer, journalizer, listing machine, machinator, maneuverer, manipulator, pari-mutuel machine, quipu, reckoner, recorder, registrar, rule, schemer, slide rule, sliding scale, statistician, strategist, suan pan, tabulator, tactician, wire-pullerROGET THESAURUS
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Numeration
N numeration, numbering, pagination, tale, recension, enumeration, summation, reckoning, computation, supputation, calculation, calculus, algorithm, algorism, rhabdology, dactylonomy, measurement, statistics, arithmetic, analysis, algebra, geometry, analytical geometry, fluxions, differential calculus, integral calculus, infinitesimal calculus, calculus of differences, dead reckoning, muster, poll, census, capitation, roll call, recapitulation, account, notation, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, rule of three, practice, equations, extraction of roots, reduction, involution, evolution, estimation, approximation, interpolation, differentiation, integration, abacus, logometer, slide rule, slipstick, tallies, Napier's bones, calculating machine, difference engine, suan- pan, adding machine, cash register, electronic calculator, calculator, computer, arithmetician, calculator, abacist, algebraist, mathematician, statistician, geometer, programmer, accountant, auditor, numeral, numerical, arithmetical, analytic, algebraic, statistical, numerable, computable, calculable, commensurable, commensurate, incommensurable, incommensurate, innumerable, unfathomable, infinite, quantitatively, arithmetically, measurably, in numbers, numeration, numbering, pagination, tale, recension, enumeration, summation, reckoning, computation, supputation, calculation, calculus, algorithm, algorism, rhabdology, dactylonomy, measurement, statistics, arithmetic, analysis, algebra, geometry, analytical geometry, fluxions, differential calculus, integral calculus, infinitesimal calculus, calculus of differences, dead reckoning, muster, poll, census, capitation, roll call, recapitulation, account, notation, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, rule of three, practice, equations, extraction of roots, reduction, involution, evolution, estimation, approximation, interpolation, differentiation, integration, abacus, logometer, slide rule, slipstick, tallies, Napier's bones, calculating machine, difference engine, suan- pan, adding machine, cash register, electronic calculator, calculator, computer, arithmetician, calculator, abacist, algebraist, mathematician, statistician, geometer, programmer, accountant, auditor, numeral, numerical, arithmetical, analytic, algebraic, statistical, numerable, computable, calculable, commensurable, commensurate, incommensurable, incommensurate, innumerable, unfathomable, infinite, quantitatively, arithmetically, measurably, in numbers.
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