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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Calculating

/kăl'-kyəl-ātˌ-ĭng/ · Cal·cu·la·ting · IPA /kˈælkjəlˌeɪtɪŋ/
01 a. Of or pertaining to mathematical calculations; performing or able to perform mathematical calculations.
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    Of or pertaining to mathematical calculations; performing or able to perform mathematical calculations.
  2. 2.
    Given to contrivance or forethought; forecasting; scheming; as, a cool calculating disposition.
Phrases & compounds
Calculating machine — a machine for the mechanical performance of mathematical operations, for the most part invented by Charles Babbage and G. and E. Scheutz. It computes logarithmic and other mathematical tables of a high degree of intricacy, imprinting the results on a leaden plate, from which a stereotype plate is then directly made.
02 n. The act or process of making mathematical computations or of estimating results.
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    The act or process of making mathematical computations or of estimating results.