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calculated Definition

cal·cu·lated (-lāt′id)

adjective

  1. done by mathematical calculation
  2. undertaken or accepted after the probable results have been estimated a calculated risk
  3. deliberately planned or intended calculated cruelty
  4. apt or likely

calculated Related Forms

cal′·cu·lat′·edly adverb

calculated Synonyms

calculated

modif.

  1. Figured by mathematical calculation

    computed, reckoned, determined, figured, ascertained, estimated, assessed, tallied.

  2. Deliberately planned

    planned, intended, designed, premeditated; see deliberate 1.

calculated Usage Examples

Preposition: from

datum: Back ( 53 ) Calculated from data in Ahmad, 1993.

Preposition: on

basis: ALL SERVICE RESULTS ARE CALCULATED ON THE BASIS OF HISTORICAL OBSERVATIONS AND SHOULD NOT BE RELIED UPON TO PREDICT FUTURE MARKET MOVEMENTS.

Infinitive complement

upset: There is nothing more calculated to upset a hungry people than starvation.

Modifies a noun

  • gamble: For all these reasons Brown has taken a calculated gamble.
  • amplitude: Scaling observed and calculated amplitudes is making by the comparison of its the origine peaks of Patterson.
  • insult: The way the editor chose to report the results of the special congress was a calculated insult.
  • spectra: The calculated radiation spectra were used in further calculations of detector response, which in turn improved our understanding of dosimetry for cancer therapy.
  • risk: Fiona finds herself taking a calculated risk to get her hand's on Jim's money.
  • ratio: Reviewers pooled dichotomous data and calculated odds ratios with 95 % confidence intervals.

Used with adjective complement

  • take: Enough self-confidence to take carefully calculated, moderate risks.
  • make: However this does not mean that we do not make calculated assisted assumptions to help enable us effectively explore new frontiers.
  • use: If you wish, you can use calculated feeds and speeds but you must look up and enter the relevant data.