calculus
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 of calculus
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How to use calculus in a sentence
Forget 30 snowboarders with a normal probability distribution — even just three snowboarders with a uniform probability distribution was a challenge, requiring some hefty calculus and order statistics.
His school system has been all-virtual since March, and as Jara sees it, mental health should now be factored into the calculus about reopening schools.
Partly hidden by isolation, many of the nation’s schoolchildren struggle with mental health | Donna St. George, Valerie Strauss | January 21, 2021 | Washington PostFaced with that calculus, many other pregnant health care workers have chosen to get vaccinated.
With Little Data to Guide Them, Pregnant Health Care Workers Are Stepping Up to Get Vaccinated Against COVID-19 | Jamie Ducharme | January 21, 2021 | TimeWe’re talking about an optional sporting spectacle, not some essential service to -humanity, and when you throw public health into the mix, the calculus can become uncouth pretty quick.
The pandemic may have changed that calculus, though cuts will be hard to come by.
Investors cheer as Fiat Chrysler-PSA merger heads to the finish line | Ian Mount | January 4, 2021 | Fortune
Hongkongers aren't asking to secede from China, but Beijing's faulty calculus is only alienating the city.
She jumped at the chance to watch RT, or jumped at the chance to skip calculus homework.
Up To a Point: Binge Watching Putin's Propaganda Network | P. J. O’Rourke | September 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTInstead the real defining issue—class—does not fit so easily into the current political calculus.
Class Issues, Not Race, Will Likely Seal the Next Election | Joel Kotkin | September 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWith other emerging allies the calculus is trickier and leaves less margin for error.
America Has an Unannounced ISIS Strategy, And It Involves Iran | Jacob Siegel | September 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPolitics also played a role in the calculus of the Arab Muslims who supported ISIS.
On the Ground, Collaborators With ISIS Could Be Its Big Weakness | Christine van den Toorn | August 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTConsiderable hemorrhages from the bladder may occur in vesical calculus, tuberculosis, and newgrowths.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddYou,” said I. “You drive a nail as if it were an abstruse problem in differential calculus.
The Idyl of Twin Fires | Walter Prichard EatonBesides these general theorems of formul, what remains in the algebraical calculus is the resolution of equations.
A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive | John Stuart MillThen wait till you see him cut for calculus, or perform for hernia.
Then he dived into differential calculus and philosophical abstrusities.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 | Elbert Hubbard
British Dictionary definitions for calculus
/ (ˈkælkjʊləs) /
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
any mathematical system of calculation involving the use of symbols
logic an uninterpreted formal system: Compare formal language (def. 2)
plural -li (-ˌlaɪ) pathol a stonelike concretion of minerals and salts found in ducts or hollow organs of the body
Origin of calculus
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Scientific definitions for calculus
[ kăl′kyə-ləs ]
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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Cultural definitions for calculus
The branch of mathematics, usually studied after algebra, that provides a natural method for describing gradual change.
Notes for calculus
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