Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
CALCULATION
calculation, computation, computing
(noun) the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods
calculation, deliberation
(noun) planning something carefully and intentionally; “it was the deliberation of his act that was insulting”
calculation, computation, figuring, reckoning
(noun) problem solving that involves numbers or quantities
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
calculation (countable and uncountable, plural calculations)
(mathematics, uncountable) The act or process of calculating.
(mathematics, countable) The result of calculating.
(countable) Reckoning, estimate.
(countable) An expectation based on circumstances.
Synonyms
• (act or process of calculating): computation, evaluation, reckoning (old); see also calculation
• (Result of calculation): sum
• (estimate): estimate, guess, reckoning, measurement
Anagrams
• auction call
Source: Wiktionary
Cal`cu*la"tion, n. Etym: [OE. calculation, fr. L. calculatio; cf. OF. calcucation.]
1. The act or process, or the result, of calculating; computation; reckoning, estimate. "The calculation of eclipses." Nichol. The mountain is not so his calculation makes it. Boyle.
2. An expectation based on cirumstances. The lazy gossips of the port, Abborrent of a calculation crost, Began to chafe as at a personal wrong. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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