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計算 — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • calculate verb To work out a number, amount, or answer using mathematics.
  • calculation noun The process of working out a number or amount using mathematics.
  • calculus noun A branch of mathematics dealing with rates of change and the accumulation of quantities.
  • compute verb To calculate a numerical value or result.
  • reckoning noun The act of calculating or working something out.

Senses

計算 is used for these senses in English:

  • calculate (transitive, mathematics) To determine the value of something or the solution to something by a mathematical process.
  • calculation (chess, uncountable) The act or process of imagining sequences of potential moves and responses without actually moving the pieces.
  • calculus (countable, mathematics) Any formal system in which symbolic expressions are manipulated according to fixed rules.
  • compute (transitive) To reckon, calculate.
  • reckoning The action of calculating or estimating something.

calculate — full definition

  1. verb To work out a number, amount, or answer using mathematics.
  2. verb To plan or expect something based on reasoning.

calculation — full definition

  1. noun The process of working out a number or amount using mathematics.
  2. noun A careful assessment of a situation made in order to decide what to do.

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