calculation — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

1. The act or process of calculating.

   Uso

   • non numerabile

2. The result of calculating.

   Uso

   • numerabile

   Esempi

   As a check on these calculations we note that the total probability for 0, 1, 2, or 3 successes must be one since there are no other possibilities.

   Altri esempi (1)

   Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when theorists try to prod their calculations into new domains. Getting rid of these nagging infinities has probably occupied far more effort than was spent in originating the theories.

3. Reckoning, estimate.

   Uso

   • numerabile

   Esempi

   By my calculation, we should be there by midnight.

4. An expectation based on circumstances.

   Uso

   • numerabile

5. The act or process of imagining sequences of potential moves and responses without actually moving the pieces.

   Uso

   • non numerabile

Sostantivo

1. the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods

   Sinonimi

   computationcomputing

   Termini più generali

   procedureprocess

2. problem solving that involves numbers or quantities

   Sinonimi

   computationfiguringreckoning

   Termini più generali

   problem solving

3. planning something carefully and intentionally

   Sinonimi

   deliberation

   Termini più generali

   planningpreparationprovision

   Esempi

   it was the deliberation of his act that was insulting