Calculated

p. p. & a.	1.	Worked out by calculation; as calculated tables for computing interest; ascertained or conjectured as a result of calculation; as, the calculated place of a planet; the calculated velocity of a cannon ball.
	2.	Adapted by calculation, contrivance. or forethought to accomplish a purpose; as, to use arts calculated to deceive the people; a calculated response.
	3.	Likely to produce a certain effect, whether intended or not; fitted; adapted; suited. The only danger that attends multiplicity of publication is, that some of them may be calculated to injure rather than benefit society. - Goldsmith. The minister, on the other hand, had never gone through an experience calculated to lead him beyond the scope of generally received laws - Hawthorne.

Adj.	1.	calculated - carefully thought out in advance; "a calculated insult"; "with measured irony" Synonyms: measured, deliberate
	2.	calculated - determined by mathematical computation; "the calculated velocity of a bullet"; "a derived value" Synonyms: derived

adapted, adjusted, advised, aimed, aimed at, arranged, blueprinted, charted, conscious, considered, contemplated, contrived, deliberate, deliberated, designed, devised, envisaged, envisioned, figured, fit, fitted, in the works, intended, intentional, knowing, meant, meditated, methodized, of design, on the agenda, on the anvil, on the calendar, on the carpet, on the docket, on the tapis, organized, planned, plotted, premeditated, prepared, projected, proposed, purposed, purposeful, purposive, rationalized, reasoned, scheduled, schematized, set, shaped, strategetic, strategic, studied, suited, sur le tapis, systematized, tactical, teleological, thought-out, voluntary, weighed, willful, witting, worked out

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