(v. i.) To ascertain or determine by mathematical processes, usually by the ordinary rules of arithmetic; to reckon up; to estimate; to compute.
(v. i.) To ascertain or predict by mathematical or astrological computations the time, circumstances, or other conditions of; to forecast or compute the character or consequences of; as, to calculate or cast one's nativity.
(v. i.) To adjust for purpose; to adapt by forethought or calculation; to fit or prepare by the adaptation of means to an end; as, to calculate a system of laws for the government and protection of a free people.
(v. i.) To plan; to expect; to think.
(v. i.) To make a calculation; to forecast consequences; to estimate; to compute.
Example Sentences:
(1) Since MIRD Committee has not published "S" values for Tl-200 and Tl-202, these have been calculated by a computer code and are reported.
(2) In cardiac tissue the adenylate system is not a good indicator of the energy state of the mitochondrion, even when the concentrations of AMP and free cytosolic ADP are calculated from the adenylate kinase and creatine kinase equilibria.
(3) The statistical T value calculated for the LP-TAE group showed that the administration of LP, the tumor size, intrahepatic metastasis, portal vein infiltration, and serum total bilirubin and alpha-fetoprotein levels significantly (P < 0.01) affected the patients' survival.
(4) I’m not in charge of it but he’s stood up and presented that, and when Jenny, you know, criticised it, or raised some issues about grandparent carers – 3,700 of them he calculated – he said “Let’s sit down”.
(5) The judge, Mr Justice John Royce, told George she was "cold" and "calculating", as further disturbing details of her relationship with the co-accused, Colin Blanchard and Angela Allen, emerged.
(6) Twitch-tetanus ratios were calculated and found not to be related to unit contraction time.6.
(7) The Cao-dependent Na+ efflux was half-maximally activated by [Ca2+]o = 2.0 mM in LiSW and 7.2 mM in Tris-SW; at saturating [Ca2+]o, [Ca2+]i, and [Na+]i the maximal (calculated) Cao-dependent Na+ efflux was approximately 75 pmol#cm2.s.
(8) In a series of compounds with H2-antihistaminic activity, a conformational analysis was performed based on force field calculations.
(9) It ignores the reduction in the wider, non-NHS cost of adult mental illness such as benefit payments and forgone tax, calculated by the LSE report as £28bn a year.
(10) The lower limit (LL) of CBF autoregulation was calculated by a computerized program and tested for different factors for correction of the PaCO2-induced changes in CBF.
(11) It is proposed that microoscillations of the eye increase the threshold for detection of retinal target displacements, leading to less efficient lateral sway stabilization than expected, and that the threshold for detection of self motion in the A-P direction is lower than the threshold for object motion detection used in the calculations, leading to more efficient stabilization of A-P sway.
(12) On the assumption of a distribution in properties of the suspension according to the theory of Bruggeman, the capacitance is calculated to have a value of about one half this.5.
(13) These calculated values are compared with observed values and implications of the agreement are discussed.
(14) The aortic area (Torlin) for diseased stenotic aortic valves was calculated in 10 patients using two different methods; data obtained in preoperative cardiac catheterization and by intraoperative flowmetric and aortic and left ventricular pressure-recording measurements, and their mutual correlation was tested.
(15) It was not possible to offer all very low birthweight infants full intensive care; to make this possible, it was calculated that resources would have to increase by 26%.
(16) The values obtained are shown to be lower than those calculated for arigid pepsin globule.
(17) The use of 100% oxygen to calculate intrapulmonary shunting in patients on PEEP is misleading in both physiological and methodological terms.
(18) Taking into account the calculated volume and considering the triangular image as one face of the particle, it is suggested that eIF-3 has the shape of a flat triangular prism with a height of about 7 nm and the above-mentioned side-lengths.
(19) From this relationship we calculated the contraction level at which pH was 6.9 (%MVC6.9).
(20) The model electron density map, calculated to a resolution of approximately 35 A, shows an unusually high protein content in the membranes.
Numeracy
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) It means that children entering reception class in September 2015 are likely to be assessed using the new system, recording each child’s literacy and numeracy skills within a few weeks of their starting school.
(2) "Many commentators would now say that our mathematics in school is really glorified numeracy," he said.
(3) Later, she signed up for courses in literacy, numeracy and retail at a sixth form college in Stratford, east London, working as a domestic cleaner to pay her bus fare.
(4) I’m so relieved to have passed the numeracy skills test but it did not boost my confidence in my mathematical ability.
(5) Some of the consumers, according to the statement, could not access or use an email address, could not use a computer, did not have access to the internet, or did not have adequate literacy or numeracy skills “so as not to be capable of undertaking and completing the course in which they were enrolled”.
(6) There is an urgent need for donors to commit to skills development in three ways, said the report: by supporting country programmes to ensure all young people can stay in school at least until lower secondary level; by supporting second-chance programmes for young people who missed out on basic literacy and numeracy skills; and by giving disadvantaged youth training to improve their chances of earning a decent wage.
(7) Basic literacy and numeracy skills are low, meaning that the children who drop out of school are on course for a life in lowly-paid jobs.
(8) "There is a widespread dishonesty about standards in English schools and low aspiration," he claims, before complaining that there is "a common view that only a small fraction of the population … should be given a reasonably advanced mathematical and scientific education" while many other pupils leave school with little more than basic numeracy.
(9) New policies on tackling domestic violence and improving literacy and numeracy in schools all had an impact.
(10) The report highlighted that only 4% of 16-year-olds who have failed GCSE Maths and English go on to pass them by the age of 19, an omission that contrasts with the rest of the world's absolute determination to improve basic numeracy and literacy of its post-16 vocational students.
(11) These are: Remembering Indigenous soldiers is one way to 'live reconciliation' | @IndigenousX Read more Literacy Numeracy Information and communication technology (ICT) capability Critical and creative thinking Personal and social capability Ethical understanding, and Intercultural understanding.
(12) Instead of expecting primary teachers to cover not only literacy and numeracy as well as science and the humanities but also music, drama and PE, there were specialists who took on these roles, including small-group activities for "gifted" children as well as for those who needed help in maths and reading.
(13) Schools such as Bygrove primary school in east London achieved outstanding results in the tests of literacy and numeracy.
(14) The government would take into account people with caring or parental responsibilities, numeracy and literacy issues, and mental and physical capacity, he said.
(15) About 8.5 million adults, 24.1% of the population, have such basic levels of numeracy that they can manage only one-step tasks in arithmetic, sorting numbers or reading graphs.
(16) "He was very much ahead of his time in recognising that an integrated curriculum also needed a commitment to basic literacy and numeracy."
(17) Research continues to show that, even after family background is accounted for, children accessing high quality early years services achieve better literacy and numeracy results.
(18) Literacy and numeracy on their own “held no immediate benefit for the learners”.
(19) You can get involved in the hurly-burly of the day-to-day political debate but at the same time in such an important and significant review as this you can be objective and balanced; and that’s why the whole process will be quite transparent, there are terms of reference, there’s a web page, anybody can put in a submission and they will be duly read and noted.” Donnelly said the review was needed because student performance in literacy, numeracy, mathematics and science was declining or flatlining.
(20) Ensuring those offenders become literate and numerate makes them employable and thus contributors to society, not a problem for society.” He will say the failure to teach prisoners properly is indefensible, given the armed forces have already demonstrated that it is possible to teach poorly educated adults to a basic level of literacy and numeracy using tried and tested methods.