calculating

calculating

English

Adjective

calculating (comparative more calculating, superlative most calculating)

1. (especially of a robot) Which has the ability to calculate.
2. (especially of a person) Which serves one's own interests in an unemotional, analytical manner.
   • 2011 December 14, Steven Morris, “Devon woman jailed for 168 days for killing kitten in microwave”, in Guardian‎:

     Following the sentencing, Knutton said: "What sort of person does something so cold and calculating? I did not expect her to go to jail for it. I am just glad it is now all over."

Translations

which has the ability to calculate

Bulgarian: сметачен (smetačen) Hungarian: számoló

Japanese: 計算可能な (keisan kanōna)

which serves one's own interests in an unemotional, analytical manner

Bulgarian: пресметлив (bg) (presmetliv) Finnish: laskelmoiva (fi) Hungarian: számító (hu)

Japanese: 計算高い (keisandakai) Portuguese: calculista (pt), maquiavélico (pt) Spanish: calculador (es), maquiavélico

Verb

calculating

1. present participle of calculate