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noun, plural -li

[-lahy] , -lus·es.

Mathematics. a method of calculation, especially one of several highly systematic methods of treating problems by a special system of algebraic notations, as differential or integral calculus.

Pathology. a stone, or concretion, formed in the gallbladder, kidneys, or other parts of the body.

Also called tartar. Dentistry. a hard, yellowish to brownish-black deposit on teeth formed largely through the mineralization of dead bacteria in dental plaques by the calcium salts in salivary secretions and subgingival transudates.

calculation; estimation or computation: the calculus of political appeal.

Origin:
1610–20; < Latin: pebble, small stone (used in reckoning), equivalent to calc- (stem of calx stone) + -ulus -ule

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Calculus is always a great word to know.

So is subtraction. Does it mean:

a variable in a functional relation whose value determines the value or values of other variables, such as x in the relation y = 3x

the operation or process of finding the difference between two numbers or quantities, denoted by a minus sign (?)

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Youth movements have the power to overthrow dictators, reduce crime, improve calculus scores and stop teenagers from smoking.

Generally people do not retain algebra for more than two years unless they have had calculus.

More important, the political calculus could easily misfire.

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Youth movements have the power to overthrow dictators, reduce crime, improve calculus scores and stop teenagers from smoking.

Generally people do not retain algebra for more than two years unless they have had calculus.

More important, the political calculus could easily misfire.

But a number of scientists and doctors are devising ways to make the calculus of.

So don't go looking for freak accidents of nature to derail that calculus.

Imagine replacing the sequence of algebra, geometry and calculus with a sequence of finance, data and basic engineering.

All reputable schools expect a year of calculus and a couple terms of stats, at a bare minimum.

Similar hyperbole arises in articles about dogs' alleged ability to do calculus and spiders' knowledge of geodesics.

So to uncover the calculus within the genome, it might take some looking beyond the genome.

Fujimori's political calculus is now altered by his surprise plan to hold new elections and not be a candidate himself.

Yes, some folks will never master a calculus but the calculus whiz may lack potential to master inserting a cardiac catheter.

When you need to deal with some things, you should ponder and with other things you need to react based on emotional calculus.

Building smaller nuclear weapons contravenes the moral calculus that has been part of the lab culture for decades.

Thousands of high school students each year are required to use them to take the calculus advanced placement tests.

But in the calculus of diversity, our own differences don't add up to much.

There are still breakthroughs to come in mathematics that could have the kind of impact calculus did on science.

On the shelf and in the cart, the super-couponer evaluates products with the cold-eyed calculus of a trader.

But for others in the new generation of immigrants' children, the political calculus can be different.

The first, for example, calls to mind the appearance of calculators in calculus courses.

In the calculus of global warming, natural gas is generally considered to be preferable to coal as a fuel.

In the dead man's room, a different calculus is unfolding.

The killer calculus of the president's re-election chances.

It serves no purpose to attack administrators who must deal with the consequences of a political calculus gone awry.

We will need some calculus to figure out if this statement is true.

The basis off calculus is really fun and exciting for me.

He showed videos of a calculus textbook stopping a pistol bullet, but not stopping a rifle bullet.

He hired a tutor to teach him calculus so that he could better understand physics.

Well, the answer has to do with limits from elementary calculus.

Working those formulae out is a college calculus problem.

The proper calculus is weighing benefit versus cost.

Straight calculus does provide for such a continuous view of the movement of, say, a billiard ball.

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calculus (ˈkælkjʊləs)

—n , pl -luses, -li
1.	a branch of mathematics, developed independently by Newton and Leibniz. Both differential calculus and integral calculus are concerned with the effect on a function of an infinitesimal change in the independent variable as it tends to zero
2.	any mathematical system of calculation involving the use of symbols
3.	logic Compare formal language an uninterpreted formal system
4.	pathol a stonelike concretion of minerals and salts found in ducts or hollow organs of the body

[C17: from Latin: pebble, stone used in reckoning, from calx small stone, counter]

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calculus

1660s, from L. calculus "reckoning, account," originally "pebble used as a reckoning counter," dim. of calx (gen. calcis) "limestone" (see chalk). Modern mathematical sense is a shortening of differential calculus. Also used from 1732 to mean "concretion occurring accidentally

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in the animal body," such as dental plaque, kidney stones, etc.

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Medical Dictionary

calculus cal·cu·lus (kāl'kyə-ləs)
n. pl. cal·cu·lus·es or cal·cu·li (-lī')

An abnormal concretion in the body, usually formed of mineral salts and most commonly found in the gallbladder, kidney, or urinary bladder. Also called stone.
Dental tartar.

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Science Dictionary

calculus

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Plural calculi (kāl'kyə-lī') or calculuses

The branch of mathematics that deals with limits and the differentiation and integration of functions of one or more variables. See more at calculus of variations , differential calculus , integral calculus.
A solid mass, usually composed of inorganic material, formed in a cavity or tissue of the body. Calculi are most commonly found in the gallbladder, kidney, or urinary bladder. Also called stone.

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calculus definition

The branch of mathematics, usually studied after algebra, that provides a natural method for describing gradual change.

Note: Most modern sciences use calculus.

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