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What does calculation mean?

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Noun
  1. (mathematics) The act or process of calculating.
  2. (mathematics) The result of calculating.
  3. (countable) Reckoning, estimate.
  4. (countable) An expectation based on circumstances.
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Wisdom is subdivided into good sense, good calculation, quick-wittedness, discretion, and resourcefulness.
The reduction of reasoning to mechanical calculation that they identified is no clearer than in the inhuman logic of capitalist exchange.
Given recent developments in calculation and derivative products, new opportunities are now available in portfolio construction and trading.
This calculation is continued for every year until the end of the mortality table, and then all the net present values are added together.
Nor does it simply rest on the naive distinction between feeling and rational calculation.
Instead, every calculation of profit is carefully balanced against the potential risks in an enterprise.

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