different between calculation vs assay

English

Etymology

From Middle English calculation, borrowed from Latin calculatio, calculationis.Morphologically calculate +? -ion

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kælkju?le???n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /kælkj??le???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

calculation (countable and uncountable, plural calculations)

1. (mathematics, uncountable) The act or process of calculating.
2. (mathematics, countable) The result of calculating.
3. (countable) Reckoning, estimate.

   By my calculation, we should be there by midnight.

4. (countable) An expectation based on circumstances.

Synonyms

• (act or process of calculating): computation, evaluation, reckoning (old); see also Thesaurus:calculation
• (Result of calculation): sum
• (estimate): estimate, guess, reckoning, measurement

Related terms

• calculable
• calculate
• calculator
• calculus

Translations

Anagrams

• auction call

English

Etymology

From Middle English assay (noun) and assayen (verb), from Anglo-Norman assai (noun) and Anglo-Norman assaier (verb), from Old French essai. Doublet of essay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æse?/, /??se?/
• Rhymes: -e?

Noun

assay (plural assays)

1. Trial, attempt.
2. Examination and determination; test.
3. The qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something.
4. Trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk; hardship; state of being tried.
5. Tested purity or value.
6. The act or process of ascertaining the proportion of a particular metal in an ore or alloy; especially, the determination of the proportion of gold or silver in bullion or coin.
7. The alloy or metal to be assayed.

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Translations

Verb

assay (third-person singular simple present assays, present participle assaying, simple past and past participle assayed)

1. (transitive) To attempt (something). [from 14th c.]
   • 1936, Alfred Edward Housman, More Poems, IV, The Sage to the Young Man, ll.5-8:

   • 2011, ‘All-pro, anti-American’, The Economist, 28 May:

2. (archaic, intransitive) To try, attempt (to do something). [14th-19th c.]
   • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts IX:

3. (transitive) To analyze or estimate the composition or value of (a metal, ore etc.). [from 15th c.]
4. (obsolete, transitive) To test the abilities of (someone) in combat; to fight. [15th-17th c.]
5. To affect.

6. To try tasting, as food or drink.

Translations

Derived terms

Further reading

• assay on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Asays, Yassa

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman assai, from Late Latin exagium.

Alternative forms

• assai, assaie, asaie, assaye, asay, say, sai

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?s?i?/, /?as?i?/, /s?i?/
• Rhymes: -?i?

Noun

assay (plural assayes)

1. Examining; investigation, looking into, research:
   1. Trialling, assaying; the ensuring of quality (usually of a substance, but also of a document)
   2. The trial or testing of one's personality or personal qualities.
   3. An attack (as a trial of one's mettle or ability on the battlefield)
   4. The trialling of comestibles or nourishments (mostly in ceremony)
2. A try or effort towards something.
3. (rare) Facts in support in assertion; evidence.
4. (rare) One's personality; the nature of something or someone.
5. (rare) A deed, action or doing; an endeavour or business.

Derived terms

• assaier
• assayen
• assaynge

Descendants

• English: assay, say
• Scots: assay, say, sey

References

• “assai, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-17.
• “sai, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-17.

Etymology 2

Verb

assay

1. Alternative form of assayen