Calculating

a.	1.	Of or pertaining to mathematical calculations; performing or able to perform mathematical calculations.
	2.	Given to contrivance or forethought; forecasting; scheming; as, a cool calculating disposition. Calculating machine a machine for the mechanical performance of mathematical operations, for the most part invented by Charles Babbage and G. and E. Scheutz. It computes logarithmic and other mathematical tables of a high degree of intricacy, imprinting the results on a leaden plate, from which a stereotype plate is then directly made.
n.	1.	The act or process of making mathematical computations or of estimating results.

Adj.

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calculating - used of persons; "the most calculating and selfish men in the community" Synonyms: calculative, scheming, shrewd, conniving

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