Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to calculation; involving calculation.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Of or pertaining to calculation; involving calculation.

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  • adjective Of, pertaining to, or involving calculation.

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  • adjective used of persons

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Examples

  • It is sometimes referred to as calculative rationality or intentional rationality (March 1978, p. 589 or procedural rationality (Simon 1976, p.

    THE MORAL DIMENSION Amitai Etzioni 1988

  • It is sometimes referred to as calculative rationality or intentional rationality (March 1978, p. 589 or procedural rationality (Simon 1976, p.

    THE MORAL DIMENSION Amitai Etzioni 1988

  • Subsequently, Wu could not adapt to life in Singapore and often felt that she was being mistreated by her mother-in-law and sister-in-law, whom she called "calculative".

    Channel NewsAsia Front Page News 2009

  • Subsequently, Wu could not adapt to life in Singapore and often felt that she was being mistreated by her mother-in-law and sister-in-law, whom she called "calculative".

    Channel NewsAsia Front Page News 2009

  • Show us one of your (done with your own resources) projects that has netted real calculative results that has helped animals.

    Anti-Deer-Hunting Billboard Goes Up in Kansas City 2009

  • And to understand human emotion, the human experience, outside of data and calculative tables, which are all a machine can comprehend.

    REVIEW: Last Defender of Camelot by Roger Zelazny 2009

  • For if the U.S. and the world community remain to be calculative in its response, the current events will have a potential of becoming a nightmare, not only for the region but for the rest of the world as well.

    Tihomir Kukolja: The dangers Of Dispensationalism In The Middle East Tihomir Kukolja 2011

  • For if the U.S. and the world community remain to be calculative in its response, the current events will have a potential of becoming a nightmare, not only for the region but for the rest of the world as well.

    Tihomir Kukolja: The dangers Of Dispensationalism In The Middle East Tihomir Kukolja 2011

  • Show us one of your (done with your own resources) projects that has netted real calculative results that has helped animals.

    Anti-Deer-Hunting Billboard Goes Up in Kansas City 2009

  • It is a calculative MISTAKE of all of these people who come out so open and endorse Obama.

    Stark endorses Obama 2008

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