calculable

American  

[kal-kyuh-luh-buhl] / ˈkæl kyə lə bəl /

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.

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calculable British  

/ ˈkælkjʊləbəl /

adjective

1. that may be computed or estimated

2. predictable; dependable

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Other Word Forms

• calculability noun
• calculably adverb
• noncalculable adjective
• noncalculably adverb
• precalculable adjective
• uncalculable adjective
• uncalculably adverb

Etymology

Origin of calculable

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

Example Sentences

“So of course some things are much more complicated. Everything else is just physics, which is simulatable, calculable and doable.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

Wavefunction matching solves this problem by removing the short-distance part of the high-fidelity interaction and replacing it with the short-distance part of an easily calculable interaction.

From Science Daily • May 15, 2024

There are many different types of numbers, some of which you may remember from school: natural, rational, irrational, imaginary, calculable and incalculable numbers.

From Scientific American • Oct. 24, 2023

Vitol, Mercuria and Gunvor, on the other hand, said the decline is not immediately calculable but they do not see the shortfall exceeding 3 million bpd.

From Reuters • Mar. 22, 2022

In fact, the criminal—or the saint—being what he is as the result of the inter-action of possibly calculable factors is the essential condition towards making "the prediction of all things" ideally, if not actually possible.

From Determinism or Free-Will? by Cohen, Chapman