Other Definitions calculus (enc)
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Calculus| Noun | 1. | calculus - 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"enterolith - a calculus occurring in the intestines rock, stone - a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter; "he threw a rock at me" | | | 2. | calculus - an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums | | | 3. | calculus - the branch of mathematics that is concerned with limits and with the differentiation and integration of functionsmath, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement pure mathematics - the branches of mathematics that study and develop the principles of mathematics for their own sake rather than for their immediate usefulness analysis - a branch of mathematics involving calculus and the theory of limits; sequences and series and integration and differentiation differential calculus, method of fluxions - the part of calculus that deals with the variation of a function with respect to changes in the independent variable (or variables) by means of the concepts of derivative and differential integral calculus - the part of calculus that deals with integration and its application in the solution of differential equations and in determining areas or volumes etc. | |
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