Calculus

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  • noun. An abnormal concretion in the body, usually formed of mineral salts and found in the gallbladder, kidney, or urinary bladder, for example.
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  • noun. The branch of mathematics that deals with limits and the differentiation and integration of functions of one or more variables.
  • noun. A method of analysis or calculation using a special symbolic notation.
  • noun. The combined mathematics of differential calculus and integral calculus.
  • noun. A system or method of calculation.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A small stone; a pebble.
  • noun. In pathology, a general term for inorganic concretions of various kinds formed in various parts of the body.
  • noun. In mathematics, any highly systematic method of treating a large variety of problems by the use of some peculiar system of algebraic notation.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. 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
  • noun. A method of computation; any process of reasoning by the use of symbols; any branch of mathematics that may involve calculation.
  • noun. a method of treating geometry by defining a point as the center of gravity of certain other points to which coĆ«fficients or weights are ascribed.
  • noun. that branch of mathematics which treats of the forms of functions that shall satisfy given conditions.
  • noun. that branch of mathematical logic that treats of all operations that satisfy given conditions.
  • noun. the science that treats of the computation of the probabilities of events, or the application of numbers to chance.
  • noun. a branch of mathematics in which the laws of dependence which bind the variable quantities together are themselves subject to change.
  • noun. a method of investigating mathematical questions by using the ratio of certain indefinitely small quantities called differentials. The problems are primarily of this form: to find how the change in some variable quantity alters at each instant the value of a quantity dependent upon it.
  • noun. that part of algebra which treats of exponents.
  • noun. a method of investigating the relations of real or imaginary quantities by the use of the imaginary symbols and quantities of algebra.
  • noun. a method which in the reverse of the differential, the primary object of which is to learn from the known ratio of the indefinitely small changes of two or more magnitudes, the relation of the magnitudes themselves, or, in other words, from having the differential of an algebraic expression to find the expression itself.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. calculation, computation
  • noun. Any formal system in which symbolic expressions are manipulated according to fixed rules.
  • noun. Differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject; analysis.
  • noun. A stony concretion that forms in a bodily organ.
  • noun. Deposits of calcium phosphate salts on teeth.
  • noun. A decision-making method, especially one appropriate for a specialised realm.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • 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
  • noun. an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums
  • Word Usage
    "So Midland, plainly put, you think we should spend money on killing people for the political benefit of the Democratic party, and that anyone who objects to this calculus is a petulant child?"
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