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}]