calculating machine
 計算機


 Cal·cu·la·ting a.
 1. Of or pertaining to mathematical calculations; performing or able to perform mathematical calculations.
 2. Given to contrivance or forethought; forecasting; scheming; as, a cool calculating disposition.
 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.


 calculating machine
      n : a small machine that is used for mathematical calculations
          [syn: calculator]