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A mechanical or electronic device that performs mathematical calculations; (now usually) an electronic one specifically.
- electronic calculator; pocket calculator
- The calculator on a bookkeeper's desk in the 1950s was an adding machine with mechanical guts.
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A person who performs mathematical calculation.historical
- During the war, his grandmother had worked at the Bletchley Park decoding station as a calculator.
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A person who calculates (in the sense of scheming).
- Near-synonyms: schemer, plotter; manipulator
- He revealed himself to be a cold-blooded calculator out to sabotage his colleagues.
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A set of mathematical tables.obsolete
calculator
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