calculational
- adjective
- /ˌkæl.kjʊˈleɪ.ʃən.əl/
- Specialized
- Understanding the problem required a thorough calculational approach to analyze all the variables involved.
Examples
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The training system that has evolved in the post-WWII US research universities is one that, when it works well, instills critical thinking, experimental or calculational design, and a large amount of often rather narrow scientific expertise.
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In addition, the modeling and simulation efforts will help them maintain a knowledgeable scientific cadre and continue to verify the validity of calculational methods and databases.
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All these calculational functions have been integrated onto a two-chip set.
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If the wave function isn't real, but is just a calculational tool, then it's no better than an oracle.
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We don't have any calculational deterministic understanding for why the vacuum energy should be so small.
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A meshing program that prepares a calculational grid, and
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Can the underlying Born process be mapped? Only the calculational routines can be shared, reducing the memory footprint, but due to the potentially differing underlying Born momenta, its result has to be recomputed.
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Many drops he excluded because he was not sure that the apparatus was working properly, some because of experimental or calculational difficulties; some because they simply weren't needed (he had far more data than he needed to improve the measurement of e by an order of magnitude), and a few seem to have been excluded solely because they increased the experimental uncertainty.
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The scientist presented a calculational model to predict the weather patterns for the upcoming season.
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In mathematics, a calculational error can lead to very different results if not corrected promptly.
Synonyms
Very exact and careful like in math
Using computers or calculations to solve problems
Relating to simple number calculations like adding and subtracting
That uses computers or calculation to solve problems
How Computational
Surface Forms
Morphology
calculational = calculation (transparent) = calcul + ation + al
The word is transparently formed from 'calculation' plus the adjective-forming suffix '-al', so its meaning is readily inferable as relating to calculation.
Etymology
Calculational comes from the Latin calculus, meaning 'small stone', because people long ago used little stones to count. So calculational is about doing careful counts or calculations and shares the same root as calculator.