calculator
A mechanical or electronic device that performs mathematical calculationsA mechanical or electronic device that performs mathematical calculations; (now usually) an electronic one specifically.
» Something is wrong with this calculator.
Irgendwas stimmt mit diesem Taschenrechner nicht.
Dieser Taschenrechner funktioniert nicht richtig.
С этим калькулятором что-то не так.
З цим калькулятором щось не так.
Meaning
4 sensesA 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.
Rechner, Taschenrechner
калькуля́торkalʹkuljátor, вычисли́тельная маши́наvyčislítelʹnaja mašína, счётная маши́наsčótnaja mašína
калькуля́торkalʹkuljátor
a small machine that is used for mathematical calculations; can be mechanical or electronic
(historical)A person who performs mathematical calculation.
During the war, his grandmother had worked at the Bletchley Park decoding station as a calculator.
счётчикsčótčik, расчётчикrasčótčik
лічба́рličbár
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.
Rechner
(obsolete)A set of mathematical tables.
табли́цы расчётовtablícy rasčótov, табли́цаtablíca
Examples
93 sentencesSomething is wrong with this calculator.
З цим калькулятором щось не так. — deniko
ruС этим калькулятором что-то не так. — odexed
deIrgendwas stimmt mit diesem Taschenrechner nicht. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The calculator is a wonderful invention.
Калькулятор - чудовий винахід. — deniko
ruКалькулятор - чудесное изобретение. — elsteris
deDer Taschenrechner ist eine tolle Erfindung. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The calculator on the table is mine.
ruКалькулятор на столе — мой. — Wezzel
deDer Taschenrechner auf dem Tisch ist meiner. — MUIRIEL
I left my calculator on my desk.
How often do you use a calculator?
ruКак часто ты пользуешься калькулятором? — marafon
Translations
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Origin
In the sense of a person, from Middle English calkelatour (“a mathematician, an astrologerIn the sense of a person, from Middle English calkelatour (“a mathematician, an astrologer”), borrowed from Latin calculātor, equivalent to calculate + -or. The other meanings arose in Modern English.
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Forms
plural: calculators| Singular | calculator |
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Synonyms
10 synonyms- a small machine that is used for mathematical calculations; can be mechanical or electronic:calculating machine
- an expert at calculation (or at operating calculating machines):reckonerfigurerestimatorcomputer