calculator
English
An electronic calculator
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkæl.kjə.leɪ.tə(ɹ)/
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Noun
calculator (plural calculators)
- A mechanical or electronic device that performs mathematical calculations.
- (dated) A person who performs mathematical calculation
- A person who calculates (in the sense of scheming).
- 1858, John Cumming, Thy Word is Truth: an apology for Christianity (page 112)
- You have in the merchant the shrewd calculator of probable contingencies; we shall see that we have in the prophet the absolute proclaimer of necessary and inevitable facts.
- 1858, John Cumming, Thy Word is Truth: an apology for Christianity (page 112)
- (obsolete) A set of mathematical tables.
Synonyms
- (electronic device): electronic calculator, pocket calculator
- (mechanical device): adding machine
- (person who performs mathematical calculations): computer (dated)
- (person who schemes): plotter, schemer
- (mathematical tables): ready reckoner, tables
Derived terms
- electronic calculator
- pocket calculator
Related terms
Translations
electronic device that performs mathematical calculations
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mechanical device that performs mathematical calculations
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dated: a person who performs mathematical calculations
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person who calculates (in the sense of scheming)
set of mathematical tables
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: cal‧cu‧la‧tor
Etymology
From English calculator.
Noun
calculator
- calculator (device)
Latin
Verb
calculātor
- second-person singular future passive imperative of calculō
- "thou shalt be calculated, thou shalt be computed"
- (figuratively) "thou shalt be considered as, thou shalt be esteemed"
- third-person singular future passive imperative of calculō
- "it shall be calculated, it shall be computed"
- (figuratively) "she shall be considered as, she shall be esteemed"
References
- calculator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- calculator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- calculator in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- calculator in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- calculator in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French calculateur; compare also English and Latin calculator.
Declension
declension of calculator
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) calculator | calculatorul | (niște) calculatoare | calculatoarele |
| genitive/dative | (unui) calculator | calculatorului | (unor) calculatoare | calculatoarelor |
| vocative | calculatorule | calculatoarelor | ||
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