calculable

[ kal-kyuh-luh-buhl ]
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adjective
  1. determinable by calculation; ascertainable: This map was designed so that distances by road are easily calculable.

  2. that can be counted on; reliable.

Origin of calculable

1
First recorded in 1725–35; calcul(ate) + -able

Other words from calculable

  • cal·cu·la·bil·i·ty, noun
  • cal·cu·la·bly, adverb
  • non·cal·cu·la·ble, adjective
  • non·cal·cu·la·bly, adverb
  • pre·cal·cu·la·ble, adjective
  • un·cal·cu·la·ble, adjective
  • un·cal·cu·la·bly, adverb

Words Nearby calculable

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How to use calculable in a sentence

  • Hence to give a margin of safety to cover contingencies not calculable, an excess of material must be provided.

  • Hence a string of possible events, astounding to mankind, but equally calculable, should one care to give imagination headway.

  • But if these habits are constant and calculable we call the vitality of them mechanical.

    Winds Of Doctrine | George Santayana
  • The virtues he defended so rigorously did not exist as a rule in calculable or practical form, since they did nothing objective.

    The Psychology of Nations | G.E. Partridge
  • I remember no mention of this in any of the astronomical writings, and it is as easily calculable on Earth as it is here.

    Pharaoh's Broker | Ellsworth Douglass

British Dictionary definitions for calculable

calculable

/ (ˈkælkjʊləbəl) /


adjective
  1. that may be computed or estimated

  2. predictable; dependable

Derived forms of calculable

  • calculability, noun
  • calculably, adverb

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