Definitions
a small machine that is used for mathematical calculations; can be mechanical or electronic
Word origin
In the sense of a person, from Middle English calkelatour (“a mathematician, an astrologer”), borrowed from Latin calculātor, equivalent to calculate + -or. The other meanings arose in Modern English.
Used in a sentence
“electronic calculator; pocket calculator”
“The calculator on a bookkeeper's desk in the 1950s was an adding machine with mechanical guts.”
“I told him to hand me a calculator and he jokingly placed an adding machine at my side.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer6 curated clues
01“Desk tool for arithmetic”10 letters
02“Device for arithmetic”10 letters
03“Device for sums”10 letters
04“Math device”10 letters
05“Small machine for math”10 letters
06“Tool for arithmetic”10 letters
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