a. 1. Of or pertaining to mathematical calculations; performing or able to perform mathematical calculations. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Given to contrivance or forethought; forecasting; scheming; as, a cool calculating disposition. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]