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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a small machine that is used for mathematical calculations;
[syn: calculator, calculating machine]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Calculating \Cal"cu*la`ting\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to mathematical calculations; performing or able to perform mathematical calculations. [1913 Webster] 2. Given to contrivance or forethought; forecasting; scheming; as, a cool calculating disposition. [1913 Webster] Calculating machine, 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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

calculating machine n 1: a small machine that is used for mathematical calculations [syn: calculator, calculating machine]