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Calculus has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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"

2

an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums

"The dentist used a special tool to remove the hard calculus buildup from her teeth."

3

the branch of mathematics that is concerned with limits and with the differentiation and integration of functions

"Students in advanced high school classes often struggle to grasp calculus, which is the branch of mathematics concerned with limits and the differentiation and integration of functions."

4

Calculation; computation.

"The professor spent hours performing complex calculus to solve the engineering problem."

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
rock crust pure mathematics
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
bladder stone enterolith gallstone kidney stone ptyalith sialolith urolith analysis differential calculus integral calculus calculus of variations

Origin

The word comes from the Latin term for a small pebble, which was originally used as a counting counter on an ancient calculating board. This meaning traveled into English to describe both those stones and later the mathematical branch of analysis involving rates of change.

Rhyming Words
plus ulus hilus zelus pilus talus polus dolus zulus solus milus malus tolus palus bolus obelus bellus cyclus pullus mullus
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