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recalculation

recalculation

1 4.2
An act of working out numbers again to correct errors or add new information
  • noun
  • /ˌriːˈkæl.kjʊ.leɪ.ʃən/
translation icon : recalculo
  • A recalculation using pencil and paper showed his accounts did, in fact, balance.

Examples

  • A recalculation based on this and the other input on this thread would be very telling.

    Blog text (25)
  • This was done after the salary recalculation.

    Academic text (2004)
  • This was done after the salary recalculation described above.

    Academic text (2004)
  • Though it may seem like a harmless bureaucratic recalculation, the devaluation has real consequences.

    Blog text (31)
  • With financial support from the Academy and a philanthropist named M.E. Nobel, he hired a large staff of human computers and directed the recalculation of the gravitational perturbations of the planets on the comet's orbit.

    Academic text (1991)
  • A significant variation in the meter installation cost or price of water will render the numerical answer (16th year) obsolete and will demand a recalculation of the optimum life.

    Academic text (1996)
  • The first of these strategies was a recalculation of women's salaries before departments were pooled, from "percentage of average salary of rank x in department y" (as was done in the original report) to "percentage of average male salary of rank x in department y." (See fig. 1.)

    Academic text (2004)
  • After noticing discrepancies in the figures, the accountant performed a recalculation to ensure everything was accurate.

  • The educational board approved a recalculation of the student scores to reflect the updated grading criteria.

  • He requested a recalculation of his tax return after finding new deductions he had previously overlooked.

Synonyms

reanalysis
vsrecalculation
1 5.4

The act of checking something again to find or fix mistakes

focuses on numeric calculation rather than broader interpretation
recomputation
vsrecalculation
  • Specialized
7.7

Calculating something again to fix or update earlier results

is about calculating again to correct errors or add new information
redetermination
vsrecalculation
7.1

A decision made again after someone reviews it

involves recalculating numbers rather than deciding by judgment

How Thorough

revision
94 2.9
reassessment
9 4.1
recalculation
1 4.2
estimate
370 2.6

Surface Forms

recalculation singular

Morphology

recalculation = recalculate (transparent) = re + calculate + ion

This is a standard noun formation from the verb 'recalculate' meaning the act or process of doing it again.

Etymology

Recalculation is made of re- meaning 'again' and calculation, which is the same root you see in calculator and means 'counting' or working with numbers, so a recalculation is simply calculating something again to correct mistakes or include new information.