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calculator
noun
1 calculator
An expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines).
synonyms: computer, estimator, figurer, reckoner.
Roget 85:
numeration;
numbering
etc.
v.;
pagination;
tale,
recension†,
enumeration,
summation,
reckoning,
computation,
supputation†;
calculation,
calculus;
algorithm,
algorism†,
rhabdology†,
dactylonomy†;
measurement
etc.
466;
statistics.
arithmetic,
analysis,
algebra,
geometry,
analytical geometry,
fluxions†;
differential calculus,
integral calculus,
infinitesimal calculus;
calculus of differences.
[Statistics]
dead reckoning,
muster,
poll,
census,
capitation,
roll call,
recapitulation;
account
etc.
(list)
86.
[Operations]
notation, ,
addition,
subtraction,
multiplication,
division,
rule of three,
practice,
equations,
extraction of roots,
reduction,
involution,
evolution,
estimation,
approximation,
interpolation,
differentiation,
integration.
[Instruments]
abacus,
logometer†,
slide rule,
slipstick [Coll.],
tallies,
Napier's bones,
calculating machine,
difference engine,
suan-pan†;
adding machine;
cash register;
electronic calculator,
calculator,
computer;
[people who calculate]
arithmetician,
calculator,
abacist†,
algebraist,
mathematician;
statistician,
geometer;
programmer;
accountant,
auditor.
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Dutch: taxateur, schatter, rekenautomaat, rekenmachine, rekentuig
Polish: obliczeniowiec, kalkulator
2 calculator
A small machine that is used for mathematical calculations; can be mechanical or electronic.
synonym: calculating machine.
Dutch: calculator, rekenautomaat, rekenmachine, rekentuig, zakrekenmachine
Polish: urzÄ…dzenie obliczeniowe
Moby thesaurus: CA, CPA, Comptometer, abacist, abacus, accountant, accountant general, actuary, adding, adding machine, analog computer, arithmograph, arithmometer, auditor, bank accountant, bank examiner, bookkeeper, calculating machine, cash register, certified public accountant, chartered accountant, clerk, comptroller, computation, computer, controller, cost accountant, cost keeper, counter, difference engine, digital computer, electronic computer, estimator, figurer, intriguer, journalizer, listing machine, machinator, maneuverer, manipulator, pari-mutuel machine, quipu, reckoner, recorder, registrar, rule, schemer, slide rule, sliding scale, statistician, strategist, suan pan, tabulator, tactician, wire-puller ... show more.
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