As a noun calculator
is a mechanical or electronic device that performs mathematical calculations.
As a verb phone is
.
calculator
Noun
(
en noun)
A mechanical or electronic device that performs mathematical calculations.
(dated) A person who performs mathematical calculation
A person who calculates (in the sense of scheming).
(obsolete) A set of mathematical tables.
Synonyms
* (electronic device) electronic calculator, pocket calculator
* (mechanical device) adding machine
* (person who performs mathematical calculations) computer (dated)
* (person who schemes) plotter, schemer
* (mathematical tables) ready reckoner, tables
Derived terms
* electronic calculator
* pocket calculator
Related terms
* calculate
See also
* ready reckoner
* slide rule
* tables
* (
commonslite)
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phone
Etymology 1
Shortening of (telephone).
Noun
(
en noun)
A device for transmitting conversations and other sounds in real time across distances.
Derived terms
* cell phone
* clamshell phone
* flip phone
* mobile phone
* phone sex
* phone tag
* smartphone
See also
*
Verb
(phon)
To call (someone) on the telephone.
Synonyms
* call, ring, telephone
Derived terms
* phone it in
* phone up
Etymology 2
From (etyl) .
Noun
(
en noun)
(phonetics) A speech segment that possesses distinct physical or perceptual properties, considered as a physical event without regard to its place in the phonology of a language.
Related terms
* phonetic
* phonetically
* phonetics
* phonology
* phoneme
