calculable
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- adjective
- /ˈkælkjʊləbəl/
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calculable
- The distance between the two cities is calculable using a map.
A scientifically calculable experience of understanding consciousness as proving this kind of connection.
- A scientifically calculable experience of understanding consciousness as proving this kind of connection.
- And I think, 'cause it's just probably that some of that familial something, something that's beyond, beyond calculable.
- But even for those that only smoke, or only vapor only Dipper, only snuff, the negative effects are dramatic and calculable.
- You must do an integral of what of PSI I star times your wave function so it is calculable.
Examples
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Timber grows back at a calculable rate and is one of our state's few natural economic advantages.
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Not only are they calculable individually, they're comparable against each other.
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However, the actual amount of difference was usually not calculable due to the problems discussed above.
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Another value is that we want to make everything calculable by some sort of algorithm.
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About these matters, there is no scientific basis on which to form any calculable probability whatever.
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Jack knew that, in reality, all odds are calculable.
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The long-term health effects on vulnerable patients like these might not be immediately calculable.
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The velocity of the propagating ripple is calculable, and so is the distance away and velocity of the small galaxy.
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This treasure fleet brought in calculable wealth to foreign lands, yet also showed China's might, conquering pirates and creating kings.
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Andrei Sakharov first raised the possibility that the matter-antimatter asymmetry of the universe should be calculable from basic principles.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
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Able to be calculated using math or a computer
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You can find it from other information by thinking or working out
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Can be officially given a value for tax or duty
Possible to measure or calculate
Can be calculated using a computer
A thing you can calculate or give a value to in a computer
Antonyms
How Calculable
Surface Forms
Morphology
calculable = calculate (transparent) = calcul + able
The word is transparently formed from the verb 'calculate' plus the adjective-forming suffix '-able', meaning 'able to be calculated'.
Etymology
The word calculable comes from the same root as calculate and calculator, from Latin calculus, meaning 'small stone', because people once used stones to count. So something calculable is something you can count or work out by calculation.