Calculation

n.	1.	The act or process, or the result, of calculating; computation; reckoning, estimate. The mountain is not so his calculation makes it. - Boyle.
	2.	An expectation based on circumstances. The lazy gossips of the port, Abhorrent of a calculation crost, Began to chafe as at a personal wrong. - Tennyson.

Noun	1.	calculation - the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods Synonyms: computation, computing
	2.	calculation - problem solving that involves numbers or quantities Synonyms: figuring, reckoning, computation
	3.	calculation - planning something carefully and intentionally; "it was the deliberation of his act that was insulting" Synonyms: deliberation

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