'Calculating machine' definitions:
Definition of 'calculating machine'
(from WordNet)
noun
A small machine that is used for mathematical calculations [syn: calculator, calculating machine]
Definition of 'Calculating machine'
From: GCIDE
- Calculating \Cal"cu*la`ting\, a.
- 1. Of or pertaining to mathematical calculations; performing or able to perform mathematical calculations. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Given to contrivance or forethought; forecasting; scheming; as, a cool calculating disposition. [1913 Webster]
- Calculating machine, a machine for the mechanical performance of mathematical operations, for the most part invented by Charles Babbage and G. and E. Scheutz. It computes logarithmic and other mathematical tables of a high degree of intricacy, imprinting the results on a leaden plate, from which a stereotype plate is then directly made. [1913 Webster]