Definition of Calculated

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Calculated

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.

Adapted by calculation, contrivance. or forethought to accomplish a purpose; as, to use arts calculated to deceive the people.

Likely to produce a certain effect, whether intended or not; fitted; adapted; suited.

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Calculated Quotations

When all actions are mathematically calculated, they also take on a stupid quality.
Theodor Adorno

I do write long, long character notes - family background, history, details of appearance - much more than will ever appear in the novel. I think this is what lifts a book from that early calculated, artificial stage.
Anne Tyler

There had so lately been a large force of Spanish cavalry at the village, which had made a great impression on the minds of the young men, as to their power, consequence, which my appearance with 20 infantry was by no means calculated to remove.
Zebulon Pike

From early on, everything I did was calculated to being elected to Congress.
Carl Albert

Often the difference between a successful man and a failure is not one's better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on his ideas, to take a calculated risk, and to act.
Maxwell Maltz

Calculated Translations

calculated in German is berechnet, ausgerechnet, berechnet


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