calculated
Americanadjective
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arrived at or determined by mathematical calculation; ascertained mathematically.
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carefully thought out or planned.
a calculated effort.
adjective
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undertaken after considering the likelihood of success or failure
a calculated risk
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deliberately planned; premeditated
a calculated insult
Other Word Forms
- calculatedly adverb
- calculatedness noun
- uncalculated adjective
- well-calculated adjective
Etymology
Origin of calculated
Example Sentences
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The researchers also calculated the costs and benefits of the relationship between the plant and the beetles.
From Science Daily
The shadow-fleet tankers’ decision to run the Strait of Hormuz is still a calculated gamble, even if they bear Iranian oil.
Interest rates are calculated using an older measure of inflation, plus up to 3%.
From BBC
The researchers then calculated how a small object would move in this field when the metric itself is treated as a quantum quantity.
From Science Daily
When the team calculated the energies of these spin waves, they discovered that their mathematical behavior closely matched that of electrons moving through graphene.
From Science Daily
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