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calculated

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Calculated \Cal"cu*la`ted\, p. p. & a.
   1. Worked out by calculation; as calculated tables for
      computing interest; ascertained or conjectured as a result
      of calculation; as, the calculated place of a planet; the
      calculated velocity of a cannon ball.

   2. Adapted by calculation, contrivance. or forethought to
      accomplish a purpose; as, to use arts calculated to
      deceive the people.

   3. Likely to produce a certain effect, whether intended or
      not; fitted; adapted; suited.

            The only danger that attends multiplicity of
            publication is, that some of them may be calculated
            to injure rather than benefit society. --Goldsmith.

            The minister, on the other hand, had never gone
            through an experience calculated to lead him beyond
            the scope of generally received laws. --Hawthorne.

Source : WordNet®

calculated
     adj 1: carefully thought out in advance; "a calculated insult";
            "with measured irony" [syn: {deliberate}, {measured}]
     2: determined by mathematical computation; "the calculated
        velocity of a bullet"; "a derived value" [syn: {derived}]
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