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calculable
[ kal-kyuh-luh-buhl ]
adjective
- determinable by calculation; ascertainable:
This map was designed so that distances by road are easily calculable.
- that can be counted on; reliable.
calculable
/ ˈkælkjʊləbəl /
adjective
- that may be computed or estimated
- predictable; dependable
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Derived Forms
- ˈcalculably, adverb
- ˌcalculaˈbility, noun
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Other Words From
- calcu·la·bili·ty noun
- calcu·la·bly adverb
- non·calcu·la·ble adjective
- non·calcu·la·bly adverb
- pre·calcu·la·ble adjective
- un·calcu·la·ble adjective
- un·calcu·la·bly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of calculable1
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Example Sentences
Hence to give a margin of safety to cover contingencies not calculable, an excess of material must be provided.
Hence a string of possible events, astounding to mankind, but equally calculable, should one care to give imagination headway.
But if these habits are constant and calculable we call the vitality of them mechanical.
The virtues he defended so rigorously did not exist as a rule in calculable or practical form, since they did nothing objective.
I remember no mention of this in any of the astronomical writings, and it is as easily calculable on Earth as it is here.
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