Calculus

//ˈkæl.kjə.ləs// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Calculation; computation. countable, dated
  2. 2
    the branch of mathematics that is concerned with limits and with the differentiation and integration of functions wordnet
  3. 3
    Any formal system in which symbolic expressions are manipulated according to fixed rules. countable

    "lambda calculus"

  4. 4
    a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body wordnet
  5. 5
    Differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject. definite, often, uncountable

    "Near-synonyms: analysis, mathematical analysis"

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  1. 6
    an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums wordnet
  2. 7
    A stony concretion that forms in a bodily organ. countable

    "Commonly indicated for treatment of sour crop (Fig. 11-11, A), an ingluviotomy is done to retrieve crop calculi, ingluvioliths, or foreign bodies (which are not accessible per os) or to retrieve proventricular or ventricular foreign bodies (using micromagnets [glued in place within plastic tubes], lavage, or endoscopy) and for the placement of an ingluviotomy or proventriculotomy tube or the collection of crop wall biopsies."

  3. 8
    Deposits of calcium phosphate salts on teeth. uncountable
  4. 9
    A decision-making method, especially one appropriate for a specialised realm. countable

    "The Tory leader refused to state how many financiers he thought should end up in jail, saying: “There is not some simple calculus.""

Etymology

* Borrowed from Latin calculus (“a pebble or stone used as reckoning counters in abacus”), diminutive of calx (“limestone”) + -ulus. * Mathematical topic is from differential calculus.

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