English Explanatory Dictionary

calculus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Calculation; computation.
  2. Any formal system in which symbolic expressions are manipulated according to fixed rules.
  3. Differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject.
  4. A stony concretion that forms in a bodily organ.
  5. Deposits of calcium phosphate salts on teeth.
  6. A decision-making method, especially one appropriate for a specialised realm.

Pronunciation

/ˈkæl.kjʊ.ləs/ /ˈkæl.kjə.ləs/ calculus-pron.ogg /ˈkælk(j)ʊləs/

Word forms

calculus calculi calculuses

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.

Synonyms

ciphering reckoning calculation calculus computation computing supputation infinitesimal calculus analysis mathematical analysis stone dental calculus tartar

Related words

calcify calcium calculate algebra analysis concretion

Derived words

absolute differential calculus all students take calculus bystander-calculus model calculus of moving surfaces calculus of sums and differences calculus of variations dental calculus differential calculus felicific calculus finite-difference calculus fractional calculus fundamental theorem of calculus fundamental theorem of calculus for line integrals hedonic calculus hedonistic calculus implicational propositional calculus infinitesimal calculus integral calculus jackstone calculus join calculus Kirby calculus lambda calculus logical calculus modular calculus multivariable calculus noncalculus operational calculus pi-calculus precalculus predicate calculus propositional calculus renal calculus Ricci calculus Schubert calculus sentential calculus sequent calculus stochastic calculus tensor calculus tuple calculus umbral calculus utility calculus variational calculus vector calculus
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