Calculus

['kælkjʊləs] or ['kælkjələs]

Definition

(noun.) the branch of mathematics that is concerned with limits and with the differentiation and integration of functions.

(noun.) a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body; 'renal calculi can be very painful'.

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Definition

(n.) Any solid concretion, formed in any part of the body, but most frequent in the organs that act as reservoirs, and in the passages connected with them; as, biliary calculi; urinary calculi, etc.

(n.) A method of computation; any process of reasoning by the use of symbols; any branch of mathematics that may involve calculation.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. (Med.) [L. pl. Calculi.] Morbid concretion.[2]. [Eng. pl. Calculuses.] Fluxions, differential and Integral calculus.

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Definition

n. a stone-like concretion which forms in certain parts of the body: one of the higher branches of mathematics:—pl. Calculi (kal′kū-li).—adj. Cal′culose stony or like stone: gritty: affected with stone or with gravel.—Calculus of finite differences not merely does not consider differentials but does not assume continuity.—Differential calculus a method of treating the values of ratios of differentials or the increments of quantities continually varying; Integral calculus the summation of an infinite series of differentials.

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