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What (who) is Calculate - definition

DELIBERATE PROCESS THAT TRANSFORMS INPUTS TO OUTPUTS WITH VARIABLE CHANGE
Calculate; Calculations; Calculating; Calcualtion; Calculates

Calculate         
·vi To Plan; to Expect; to Think.
II. Calculate ·vi To make a calculation; to forecast consequences; to Estimate; to Compute.
III. Calculate ·vi To ascertain or determine by mathematical processes, usually by the ordinary rules of arithmetic; to reckon up; to Estimate; to Compute.
IV. Calculate ·vi To adjust for purpose; to adapt by forethought or calculation; to fit or prepare by the adaptation of means to an end; as, to calculate a system of laws for the government and protection of a free people.
V. Calculate ·vi 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; as, to calculate or cast one's nativity.
calculate         
(calculates, calculating, calculated)
1.
If you calculate a number or amount, you discover it from information that you already have, by using arithmetic, mathematics, or a special machine.
From this you can calculate the total mass in the Galaxy...
We calculate that the average size farm in Lancaster County is 65 acres...
= work out
VERB: V n, V that
2.
If you calculate the effects of something, especially a possible course of action, you think about them in order to form an opinion or decide what to do.
I believe I am capable of calculating the political consequences accurately...
The President is calculating that this will somehow relieve the international pressure on him.
VERB: V n, V that
calculate         
I. v. a.
1.
Compute, reckon, estimate, count, rate, cast.
2.
Adjust, adapt, fit, suit.
II. v. n.
Tell, estimate, make a calculation, make a computation, cast accounts.

Wikipedia

Calculation

A calculation is a deliberate mathematical process that transforms one or more inputs into one or more outputs or results. The term is used in a variety of senses, from the very definite arithmetical calculation of using an algorithm, to the vague heuristics of calculating a strategy in a competition, or calculating the chance of a successful relationship between two people.

For example, multiplying 7 by 6 is a simple algorithmic calculation. Extracting the square root or the cube root of a number using mathematical models is a more complex algorithmic calculation.

Statistical estimations of the likely election results from opinion polls also involve algorithmic calculations, but produces ranges of possibilities rather than exact answers.

To calculate means to determine mathematically in the case of a number or amount, or in the case of an abstract problem to deduce the answer using logic, reason or common sense. The English word derives from the Latin calculus, which originally meant a small stone in the gall-bladder (from Latin calx). It also meant a pebble used for calculating, or a small stone used as a counter in an abacus (Latin abacus, Greek abax). The abacus was an instrument used by Greeks and Romans for arithmetic calculations, preceding the slide-rule and the electronic calculator, and consisted of perforated pebbles sliding on iron bars.

Calculation is a prerequisite for computation.

Examples of use of Calculate
1. Some estimates calculate their joint effort at some $300 billion.
2. The debt of gratitude is impossible to calculate."
3. We are rational creatures and calculate the risks.
4. "Calculate not just the human misery of the poor themselves.
5. About five years ago I learned to calculate percentages.