calculation (kalkulashon)

[ In rigorous logic, and by calculation carried far enough, the time must come when the dead in our country will outnumber and dispo e the living. W. R. Greg, Misc. E ays, 1st ser., p. 105. Whenever we term arithmetic the science of calculation , we in fact allude to that rudimental period of the science of numbers when pebbles ( calculi ) were used, as now among savages they often are, to facilitate the practice of counting. Abp . Trench , Study of Words, p. 123. 2. A series of arithmetical proce es leading to a certain result. - 3. An estimate formed in the IMG:content-2926.png:[blocks in formation] Abhorrent of a calculation crost, Began to chafe as at a personal wrong. Tennyson, Enoch Arden. 4. The habit of forming mental estimates; a trait or an element of intellectual character which shows itself in the habit of formulating and revolving schemes in the mind, or forecasting the progre or results of an undertaking. Calculation might come to value love for its profit. Emerson, E ays, 1st ser., p. 216. Every virtue may take two shapes, the one lower and the other higher; for every virtue may spring from calcu lati on, and on the other hand every act of virtue may be a religious act arising out of some worship or devotion of the soul. J. R. Seeley, Nat. Religion, p. 159. = Syn. 4. Deliberation, circumspection, warine , forethought, prudence.