Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Capable of being calculated or estimated.
- adjective Readily relied on; dependable.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of being calculated or estimated; ascertainable by calculation or estimation.
- That may be counted or reckoned upon: applied to persons.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective That may be calculated or ascertained by calculation.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Able to be
calculated .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective capable of being calculated or estimated
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Examples
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Grice pointed out that conversational implicatures have the following properties: (i) they are calculable, that is, inferable from, among other things, the cooperative principle and the conversational maxims; (ii) they are cancelable either explicitly
Pragmatics Korta, Kepa 2006
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Two types of forgiveness may thus be distinguished: conditional ( "calculable" forgiveness following an act of repentance in which the guilty party promises never to engage in what is demanded by forgiveness) andunconditional (forgiving the unforgivable without conditions, a forgiveness which is incalculable and therefore impossible).
Jacques Derrida, 9/11, And The Democracy Which is Yet to Come 2010
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Despite many such assertions there, no one has demonstrated in the least the damage that you say is "calculable" and "non-trivial."
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"History shows that men's actions are governed by some kind of calculable law."
A Guide to Methods and Observation in History Studies in High School Observation Calvin Olin Davis
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Having a classical limit makes things extremely concrete and calculable which is one of the reasons why quantum theories constructed as a quantization of a particular starting point have been so successful, especially whenever they're weakly coupled.
The Reference Frame 2010
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But looking at the latter figure, I doubt it is even calculable from any data available -- a gross misinterpretation of some data at best.
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The financial consequences have too many variables and unknowns – from the price of oil to the share of the national debt – to be calculable.
A new sense of possibility shines on Scotland – but what will really come of it? | Ian Jack 2011
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We are talking more and more about sustainability, as an end to our oil resources is something almost calculable by now.
Sustainability and A Planet Out of Whack « Colleen Anderson 2009
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Forest's home form is calculable proof of the tenacity instilled in them by Davies – they have lost only once at home since September 2009, albeit in the play-off semi-final with Blackpool – and they will face few more rigorous assignments than this in the weeks ahead.
Robert Earnshaw spurs Nottingham Forest with goal that beat Cardiff 2011
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The costs of tariffs and trade regulation are far greater, because there are many implicit costs of undone/unseen deals, which are not calculable.
Economic Education, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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