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calculus

Pronunciation: /ˈkæl.kjʊ.ləs/

The English word “calculus” has 6 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Calculation; computation.
  2. Any formal system in which symbolic expressions are manipulated according to fixed rules.
  3. Differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject.
  4. A stony concretion that forms in a bodily organ.
  5. Deposits of calcium phosphate salts on teeth.
  6. A decision-making method, especially one appropriate for a specialised realm.

Etymology

* Borrowed from Latin calculus (“a pebble or stone used as reckoning counters in abacus”), diminutive of calx (“limestone”) + -ulus. * Mathematical topic is from differential calculus.

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