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calculator noun

  /kæl.kjə.leɪ.tɚ/ , /ˈkæl.kjə.leɪ.tə(ɹ)/ , [ˈkʰæɫ.kjəˌleɪ̯.ɾɚ]
  • A mechanical or electronic device that performs mathematical calculations; sometimes, an electronic one specifically.
 calculadora
  • (historical) A person who performs mathematical calculation.
 calculador, calculista
  • A person who calculates (in the sense of scheming).
 calculista

calculate verb

  /ˈkælkjəleɪt/ , /ˈkælkjʊleɪt/
  • (transitive, mathematics) To determine the value of something or the solution to something by a mathematical process.
  • To ascertain or predict by mathematical or astrological computations the time, circumstances, or other conditions of; to forecast or compute the character or consequences of.
 calcular

calculation noun

  /ˌkælkjuˈleɪʃən/ , /ˌkælkjəˈleɪʃən/ , /ˌkælkjəˈlæɪʃən/
  • (chess, uncountable) The act or process of imagining sequences of potential moves and responses without actually moving the pieces.
 cálculo
  • (countable) Reckoning, estimate.
 apuração, cálculo, cômputo
  • (mathematics, countable) The result of calculating.
 cômputo

calculating adjective

  • (especially of a person) Serving one's own interests in an unemotional, analytical manner.
 calculista, maquiavélico

calculable adjective

  /ˈkæl.kjə.lə.bl/ , [ˈkʰæɫ.kjəˌlə.bl̩]
  • Able to be calculated; calculatable.
 calculável
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