calculable
adjective
cal·cu·la·ble
ˈkal-kyə-lə-bəl 
1
: subject to or ascertainable by calculation
2
: that may be counted on : dependable
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Examples of calculable in a Sentence
his performance as a pitcher is as calculable as the daily tides
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Seafloor depth is calculable using the time difference between creating a sound and receiving its echo.
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Kurt Snibbe, Orange County Register, 10 June 2024
A lot is not fully calculable now, and some problems haven’t presented themselves.
—Peggy Noonan, WSJ, 25 Feb. 2021
There exists a physical world of calculable regularity.
—Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 21 Mar. 2023
In conjunction with the Church-Turing thesis, which posits that anything calculable by a human can be done with these methods, this implies that, as the book of Job explained thousands of years earlier, there are truths known only to the mind of God that can never be known by man.
—Alex Prieger, WSJ, 11 Jan. 2023
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Kurt Snibbe, Orange County Register, 10 June 2024
A lot is not fully calculable now, and some problems haven’t presented themselves.
—Peggy Noonan, WSJ, 25 Feb. 2021
There exists a physical world of calculable regularity.
—Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 21 Mar. 2023
In conjunction with the Church-Turing thesis, which posits that anything calculable by a human can be done with these methods, this implies that, as the book of Job explained thousands of years earlier, there are truths known only to the mind of God that can never be known by man.
—Alex Prieger, WSJ, 11 Jan. 2023
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“Calculable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/calculable. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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