Calculator
Definitions
- A mechanical or electronic device that performs mathematical calculations; sometimes, an electronic one specifically.
- A person who performs mathematical calculation.
- A person who calculates (in the sense of scheming).
- A set of mathematical tables.
Equivalents
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አማርኛካልኩሌተር
Cymraegcyfrifiannell
Esperantokalkulilo
Euskarakalkulagailu
Gaeilgeáireamhán
Gàidhligàireamhair
עבריתמַחְשְׁבוֹן
Magyarszámológép
Հայերենհաշվիչ
Íslenskareiknivél
ქართულიკალკულატორი
Қазақ тілікалькулятор
Kurdîحساب
മലയാളംകാൽക്കുലേറ്റർ
မြန်မာဂဏန်းတွက်စက်
Русскийарифмо́метрвычисли́тельная маши́накалькуляторрасчётчиксчётная маши́насчётчиктаблицатабли́цы расчётов
Slovenčinakalkulačka
Shqipnjehsues
Kiswahilikikokotozi
Türkçehesap makinesi
Українськакалькулятор
Examples
“electronic calculator; pocket calculator”
“The calculator on a bookkeeper's desk in the 1950s was an adding machine with mechanical guts.”
“I told him to hand me a calculator and he jokingly placed an adding machine at my side.”
“During the war, his grandmother had worked at the Bletchley Park⟳ decoding station as a calculator.”
“First, many real-world investors bear⟳ little resemblance to the cool calculators of efficient-market theory: they're all too subject to herd behavior, to bouts of irrational exuberance and unwarranted panic.”
“Near-synonyms: schemer, plotter; manipulator”
“He revealed himself to be a cold-blooded calculator out to sabotage his colleagues.”
“Talk⟳ not thus, I implore you, Evelyn: do not imagine⟳ me the worldly calculator that my enemies deem me.”
“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.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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