adjective. Capable of performing calculations.

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adjective. Shrewd; crafty.

adjective. Coldly scheming or conniving.

Given to forethought and calculation; especially, given to looking ahead with thoughtful regard to self-interest; deliberate and selfish; scheming.

adjective. Of or pertaining to mathematical calculations; performing or able to perform mathematical calculations.

adjective. Given to contrivance or forethought; forecasting; scheming.

adjective. 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.

noun. The act or process of making mathematical computations or of estimating results.

adjective. Which has the ability to calculate.

adjective. Which serves one's own interests in an unemotional, analytical manner.

verb. Present participle of calculate.

adjective. used of persons

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