calculator

/ˈkæl.kjəˌleɪ.tɚ/

nouncal · cu · la · tor

Think: “CALC-U-LATE-OR” — a calculator is for when you CALC-U-LATE (calculate) numbers.

Yes, it's calculator. Don’t drop the second “a”: it’s cal-cu-LA-tor (…la…), not cal-cu-ltor.

Definitions

  1. nounA device or tool used to do math calculations, such as adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing.
  2. nounA person or thing that calculates or figures out numbers.

Examples

  • “I used a calculator to check my long-division answer.”
  • “The cashier typed the total into a calculator before giving me my change.”
  • “For the science project, we used a calculator to convert the measurements into decimals.”

Synonyms

adding machinecomputing devicenumber crunchercomputerabacus

Translations

ES calculadoraPT calculadoraFR calculatrice

Common misspellings

calclatorcalculatercalulatorcalculotorcalcutatorcaluclatorcalcuIator

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