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Definition of Calculus

1. Noun. 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. Noun. An incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums.

3. Noun. The branch of mathematics that is concerned with limits and with the differentiation and integration of functions.

Definition of Calculus

1. n. 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; as, biliary calculi; urinary calculi, etc.

Definition of Calculus

1. Noun. (dated countable) calculation, computation ¹

2. Noun. (countable mathematics) Any formal system in which symbolic expressions are manipulated according to fixed rules. ¹

3. Noun. (uncountable mathematics) Differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject; analysis. ¹

4. Noun. (countable medicine) A stony concretion that forms in a bodily organ. ¹

5. Noun. (uncountable dentistry) Deposits of calcium phosphate salts on teeth. ¹

6. Noun. A decision-making method, especially one appropriate for a specialised realm. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Calculus

1. a branch of mathematics [n -LI or -LUSES]

Medical Definition of Calculus

1. A calcium salt concretion which forms on your teeth. Calculus deposits form on the teeth in areas which you do not floss or brush. If these concretions are left to build up on the tooth enamel, they will irritate the gum tissue, push it away from the tooth and promote progressive bone loss. Eventually the teeth can loosen and fall out. These deposits can be removed by a dentist or a dental hygienist on an annual to biannual basis. (renal) A solid concretion or stone which forms within the urinary tract (kidney). (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Calculus

calculating machine calculatingly calculation calculational calculations calculative calculator calculators calculatory calculi

calculiform calculifrage calculist calculosis calculous calculus (current term) calculus I calculus II calculus of variations calculuses

calcurmolite calcyclin calcyphosin caldaria caldarium caldecrin caldendrin caldera calderas calderite

Literary usage of Calculus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte by Auguste Comte, Frederic Harrison (1896)
"There Cases of the are some questions, few, but highly impor- Differential tant, which admit of the employment of the calculus alone, differential calculus ..."

2. The American Mathematical Monthly by Mathematical Association of America (1922)
"development with or without a remainder. Then we may say that a function is analytic in a particular calculus, if it can be handled in that calculus ..."

3. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1908)
"The notation of the fluxional calculus is for most purposes less convenient than that of the differential calculus. The latter notation was invented by ..."

4. Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics by The American College of Surgeons, Franklin H. Martin Memorial Foundation (1910)
"Note long shadow (left) due to calculus extending into ureter. is almost impossible, unless the calculus is situated close to the orifice of the ureter. ..."

5. The Works of Tennyson by Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Hallam Tennyson Tennyson (1908)
"Mathematics were not his main interest, and he produced very little mathematical work of importance besides his papers on the calculus; his reputation in ..."

6. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1866)
"Vesical calculus.—Dr. WILLIAM PEPPER presented the specimen and made the ... All of the rational symptoms usual in cases of calculus have existed here, ..."

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