Found 2 items, similar to Calculating machine.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: calculating machine calculating machine n : a small machine that is used for mathematical calculations [syn: calculator]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Calculating machine Calculating \Cal"cu*la`ting\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to mathematical calculations; performing or able to perform mathematical calculations. [1913 Webster] 2. Given to contrivance or forethought; forecasting; scheming; as, a cool calculating disposition. [1913 Webster] Calculating machine, a machine for the mechanical performance of mathematical operations, for the most part invented by Charles Babbage and G. and E. Scheutz. It computes logarithmic and other mathematical tables of a high degree of intricacy, imprinting the results on a leaden plate, from which a stereotype plate is then directly made. [1913 Webster]