SuaviloquyToday’s word

calculation

Calculation, n.

Etymology: [OE. calculation, fr. L. calculatio; cf. OF. calcucation.]

1. The act or process, or the result, of calculating; computation; reckoning, estimate. "The calculation of eclipses." Nichol. The mountain is not so his calculation makes it. Boyle.

2. An expectation based on cirumstances. The lazy gossips of the port, Abborrent of a calculation crost, Began to chafe as at a personal wrong. Tennyson.

Shades of meaning

Fernald lists calculation only as an antonym, under accident, enthusiasm.

He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.

Synonyms

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