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mental calculation

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.72 in modern English

Syllables
men-tal -cal-cu-la-tion
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Arithmetical calculations using only the human brain, with no help from any supplies (such as pencil and paper) or devices such as a calculator.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

mental calculations (plural)

Phrases

human calculator lightning calculator mental calculator

Frequently Paired Words

computer human calculator lightning calculator mental calculator

Synonyms

mental arithmetic mental math

Questions

What does mental calculation mean?
Arithmetical calculations using only the human brain, with no help from any supplies (such as pencil and paper) or devices such as a calculator.

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