CALCULATING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does calculating mean? 

• CALCULATING (adjective)
  The adjective CALCULATING has 1 sense:

1. acting with a specific goal

  Familiarity information: CALCULATING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CALCULATING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Acting with a specific goal

Synonyms:

calculating; calculative; conniving; scheming; shrewd

Context example:

the most calculating and selfish men in the community

Similar:

hard (dispassionate)

 Context examples 

A mathematical method for calculating a relatedness score for genes.

(Gene Distance Metric, NCI Thesaurus)

The specificity of a test can be determined by calculating: number of true negative results divided by the sum of true negative results plus number of false positive results.

(Diagnostic Specificity, NCI Thesaurus)

The sensitivity of a test can be determined by calculating: number of true positive results divided by the sum of true positive results plus number of false negative results.

(Diagnostic Sensitivity, NCI Thesaurus)

A question about how proficient an individual is with calculating a 15 percent tip.

(How Good Calculating 15 Percent Tip, NCI Thesaurus)

A question about how proficient an individual is with calculating a 25 percent reduction.

(How Good Calculating 25 Percent Off, NCI Thesaurus)

NPVDT can be determined by calculating: number of true negative results divided by the sum of true negative results plus number of false negative results.

(Negative Predictive Value of Diagnostic Test, NCI Thesaurus)

Method of deriving or calculating a measured value (e.g., mean, or maximum of set).

(Mathematical Derivation, NCI Thesaurus/DICOM)

Here was a new stunner—I had been calculating on four or five thousand.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

The act of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods.

(Computation, NCI Thesaurus)

However, calculating a rate of use for these different compounds provided only half the answer.

(Giant kelp switches diet when key nutrient becomes scarce, National Science Foundation)