"backcalculate" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-backcalculate.wav Forms: backcalculates [present, singular, third-person], backcalculating [participle, present], backcalculated [participle, past], backcalculated [past]
Etymology: From back + calculate. Etymology templates: {{af|en|back|calculate}} back + calculate Head templates: {{en-verb}} backcalculate (third-person singular simple present backcalculates, present participle backcalculating, simple past and past participle backcalculated)
  1. (mathematics) To perform backcalculation Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-backcalculate-en-verb-co4fQf1F Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: mathematics, sciences

Inflected forms

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        "(mathematics) To perform backcalculation"
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