# calculating

Pronunciation: US say "KAL-kyoo-layt-ing" /ˈkælkjʊleɪtɪŋ/; UK say "KAL-kyuu-lay-ting" /ˈkælkjʊleɪtɪŋ/

## Adjective

1. Coldly focused on one's own advantage, guided by careful reasoning rather than emotion.
   - Simple: Thinking carefully about how to get what you want, without caring about other people's feelings.
   - _Behind his warm manner lay a calculating mind that weighed every friendship for its usefulness._
   - _The negotiator's calculating approach left no room for sentiment._
3. Possessing the ability to perform mathematical calculations.
   - Simple: Able to work out numbers or solve math problems.
   - _The Difference Engine was a calculating apparatus designed to produce mathematical tables._
   - _Nineteenth-century inventors competed to build the most reliable calculating machine._

## Verb

2. Present participle and gerund of calculate. — present participle and gerund of calculate
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of calculate. Use this form for an action happening now or as the name of the action.
   - _The engineer spent the morning calculating the load each beam could bear._
   - _Calculating compound interest by hand is tedious without a spreadsheet._

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