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calcul

calculation /kalˈkul/

noun#3374 most common

Also: computation, (medical) stone, e.g. kidney stone

Example sentences

Fac un calcul simplu.
I'm doing a simple calculation.
Am nevoie de un calcul exact pentru factura asta.
I need an exact calculation for this bill.
Calculul dobânzii bancare durează câteva minute.
Calculating the bank interest takes a few minutes.
Inginerii au refăcut calculul structurii pentru a evita erorile.
The engineers redid the calculation for the structure to avoid errors.
Un calcul renal poate provoca dureri intense.
A kidney stone can cause intense pain.
Diferența dintre o estimare și un calcul riguros stă în precizia ipotezelor de la care pornim.
The difference between an estimate and a rigorous calculation lies in the precision of the assumptions we start from.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativecalculcalcule
Genitivecalcululuicalculelor
Accusativecalculcalcule
Vocativecalcululecalculelor

Word family

a calculato calculate
calculatorcalculator, computer
calculatcalculated, deliberate
calculabilcalculable
necalculatuncalculated, not worked out

Etymology

Romanian borrowed "calcul" from French "calcul" during the nineteenth-century modernization of its vocabulary, when many scientific and administrative terms entered the language through French. French "calcul" in turn comes from Latin "calculus," a small stone used for counting on an abacus. That Latin word is a diminutive of "calx," meaning stone or limestone. The same root gives English "calculate" and "calculus."

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