| slovo | definícia |
calculation
(encz) | calculation,výpočet |
Calculation
(gcide) | Calculation \Cal`cu*la"tion\ (-l[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [OE.
calculation, fr. L. calculatio; cf. OF. calcucation.]
1. The act or process, or the result, of calculating;
computation; reckoning, estimate. "The calculation of
eclipses." --Nichol.
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The mountain is not so his calculation makes it.
--Boyle.
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2. An expectation based on circumstances.
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The lazy gossips of the port,
Abhorrent of a calculation crost,
Began to chafe as at a personal wrong. --Tennyson.
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calculation
(wn) | calculation
n 1: the procedure of calculating; determining something by
mathematical or logical methods [syn: calculation,
computation, computing]
2: problem solving that involves numbers or quantities [syn:
calculation, computation, figuring, reckoning]
3: planning something carefully and intentionally; "it was the
deliberation of his act that was insulting" [syn:
calculation, deliberation] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
calculations
(encz) | calculations,kalkulace pl. Jiří Šmoldas |
miscalculation
(encz) | miscalculation,chyba v kalkulaci n: Zdeněk Brožmiscalculation,přepočítání n: RNDr. Pavel Piskačmiscalculation,špatný odhad n: RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
miscalculations
(encz) | miscalculations,chyby v kalkulaci n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
precalculation
(encz) | precalculation,předběžná kalkulace n: Zdeněk Brožprecalculation,předkalkulace n: Zdeněk Brož |
recalculation
(encz) | recalculation,přepočtení n: Zdeněk Brožrecalculation,rekalkulace n: Zdeněk Brož |
recalculations
(encz) | recalculations,přepočítání n: recalculations,přepočty n: |
back of the envelope calculation
(czen) | Back Of The Envelope Calculation,BOTEC[zkr.] |
Calculation
(gcide) | Calculation \Cal`cu*la"tion\ (-l[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [OE.
calculation, fr. L. calculatio; cf. OF. calcucation.]
1. The act or process, or the result, of calculating;
computation; reckoning, estimate. "The calculation of
eclipses." --Nichol.
[1913 Webster]
The mountain is not so his calculation makes it.
--Boyle.
[1913 Webster]
2. An expectation based on circumstances.
[1913 Webster]
The lazy gossips of the port,
Abhorrent of a calculation crost,
Began to chafe as at a personal wrong. --Tennyson.
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miscalculation
(gcide) | miscalculation \mis*cal`cu*la"tion\ n.
1. a mistake in calculating.
Syn: misreckoning, misestimation.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. An error in judgment, especially about the effects of
action or the likely course of events; as, IBM's
miscalculation about the impact of microcomputers cost
them many billions in lost opportunities; Sadam's invasion
of Kuwait was only his worst, but not his last,
miscalculation.
[PJC] |
miscalculation
(wn) | miscalculation
n 1: a mistake in calculating [syn: miscalculation,
misreckoning, misestimation] |
recalculation
(wn) | recalculation
n 1: the act of calculating again (usually to eliminate errors
or to include additional data); "recalculation yielded a
much larger value" |
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