calculator
A mechanical or electronic device that performs mathematical calculations; an electronic one specifically.
Other meanings
A person who performs mathematical calculation.
“During the war, his grandmother had worked at the Bletchley Park decoding station as a calculator.”
A person who calculates (in the sense of scheming).
“He revealed himself to be a cold-blooded calculator out to sabotage his colleagues.”
Synonyms
- computer
Related words
- calculatorlike
- minicalculator
- electronic calculator
- graphing calculator
- scientific calculator
- pocket calculator
- human calculator
- mental calculator
- graphics calculator
- cowculator
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "calculātor".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “calculator” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.