0 a small electronic device that is used for doing calculations:
a pocket calculator
1 an electronic device used for doing mathematical processes such as adding, subtracting, dividing, and multiplying numbers
2 something such as a small piece of electronic equipment or a computer program that does mathematical calculations:
The term 'computer music' was itself a problem: should it be translated as 'electronic brain music' or 'calculator music'?
Being infallible utility calculators, the citizens and judges in both societies always know what the law requires.
In each quadrat, spatial coordinates of the trees were determined from the south-east corner using an ultrasonic distance calculator.
A dozen examples were worked out on a simple desk calculator to exhibit the influence of some of these parameters.
In the presence of a calculator, the person may enter numbers and press the appropriate key.
Figure 13.1 uses a calculator analogy to describe how one characterizable matrix can be constructed from another.
The calculator interprets a lambda-like formula specifying image transformations using operations such as filtering, superposition, and scaling.
Such a characterization of the machine is significantly different from presenting it as a large calculator or an electronic mathematician.