calculator
/kæl.kjə.leɪ.tɚ/ noun B1- A mechanical or electronic device that performs mathematical calculations; (now usually) an electronic one specifically. · electronic calculator; pocket calculator· The calculator on a bookkeeper's desk in the 1950s was an adding machine with mechanical guts.
- 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). · Near-synonyms: schemer, plotter; manipulator· He revealed himself to be a cold-blooded calculator out to sabotage his colleagues.
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“What a bad calculator you are!” exclaimed Danglars, calling to his assistance all his philosophy and dissimulation.
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