calculability (kalkulabiliti)

The quality of being calculable; capability of being cal culated. IMG:content-2925.png:[blocks in formation] calculation This letter was admirably calculated to work on those to whom it was addre ed. Macaulay , Hist. Eng., xviii. 4. To purpose; intend; design: as, he calculates to do it; he calculates to go. [Local, U. S.]5. To think; gue . [Colloq., New Eng.]=Syn. 1 and 2. Calculate , Compute , Reckon , Count . Calculate applies to the most elaborate and varied mathematical proce es: as, to calculate an eclipse or a nativity. Compute is more applicable to the simpler proce es: as, to com pute the interest on a note. But mathematicians make the opposite distinction; in their language, to compute means to make elaborate calculations with the art of a person trained to this busine . Reckon is e entially the same as compute, but may be simpler yet: as, to reckon interest, or the amount of a bill, or the days to a coming event. To count is to reckon one by one. The figurative uses of these words are not suggested by any comparison of their literal meanings; in them all some mental estimate may be supposed to be made, akin to an arithmetical proce . "I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us." Rom. viii. 18. The use of calcu late for reckon in such a case as this is an American ism. "I count not myself to have apprehended." Phil. iii. 13. Reckon may be used in such a connection, but not the other two words. When they come to model heaven And calculate the stars. Milton , P. L., viii. 80. After its own law and not by arithmetic is the rate of its [the soul's] progre to be computed . Emerson, E ays, 1st ser., p. 249. He presently confided to me, that, judging from my personal appearance, he should not have thought me the writer that he in his generosity reckoned me to be. O. W. Holmes, Old Vol. of Life, p. 65. Honour and pleasure both are in thy mind, And all that in the world is counted good. Sir J. Davies, Immortal, of Soul, xxxiv. II. in trans. 1. To make a computation; arrive at a conclusion after weighing all the circumstances; form an estimate; reckon: as, wo calculate better for ourselves than for others; to calculate on (that is, with expectation of) fine weather. The strong pa ions, whether good or bad, never calcu late . F. W. Robertson , 21. To speculate about future events; predict. Old men, fools, and children calculate. Shak., J. C., i. 3. 3. To suppose or believe, after deliberation; think; 'gue '; 'reckon': as, you are wrong there, I calculate. [Colloq., New Eng.] calculatet (kal'kū-lāt), n. [ Nor were these brothers mistaken in their calculates, for the event made good all their prognostics. Roger North, Examen, p. 602. mation. The lable. operation of various forces visible and calcu- Ansted , Channel Islands, p. 249. The vici itudes of language are, thus, a thing over which our volitions rarely have a calculable control. F. Hall , Mod. Eng., p. 290. 2. That may be counted or reckoned upon: applied to persons. calculary (kal'kū-lā-ri), n. and a . [L. calcu- lari us , lit. pertaining to a pebble, found only in the secondary sense of 'pertaining to calcula- tion,' calculus , a pebble, also calculation: see calculus , calculate , v.] I. n.; pl. calcularies (-riz). 1. In bot . , a congeries of little stony knots often found in the pulp of the pear and other fruits, formed by concretions of the sap. II. a. In med . , relating to or of the nature of calculi; arising from calculi or gravel. calculate (kal'kū-lāt), v .; pret. and pp. calcu- lated , ppr. calculating . [L. calculatus , pp. of calculare (> ult. ME. calculen , calclen : see cal- cule , v .), reckon, orig. by means of pebbles, cal- culus , a pebble: see calculus .] I. trans. 1. To ascertain by computation; compute; reckon up arithmetically or by items: as, to calculate in- terest, or the cost of a house. -2. In pathol . , a calculus. Science, IV. 71.