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calculus::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | concretion |
| Type of | rock, stone |
| Has types | urolith, cystolith, urinary calculus, nephrolith, renal calculus, bladder stone, salivary calculus, ptyalith, enterolith, gallstone, kidney stone, sialolith, bilestone |
| Derivation | calculous |
calculus::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | infinitesimal calculus |
| Type of | pure mathematics |
| Has types | method of fluxions, analysis, integral calculus, differential calculus, calculus of variations |
| Derivation | calculate |
calculus::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | tartar, tophus |
| Type of | encrustation, incrustation, crust |
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In the last decade or so, however, a major new factor has changed this calculus.
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For 10 years in a row, none of my AP students had taken or were taking calculus.
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A categorial grammar shares some features with the simply typed lambda calculus.
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So students that have taken calculus in high school are in a very good position.
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Try to take it all in, whether it's psychology, sociology, calculus, or finance.
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A crude racial calculus has been a part of our national discourse for centuries.
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In mathematics, polynomials are perhaps the simplest functions used in calculus.
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Would SQL or the calculus of constructions not qualify as programming languages?
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Therefore we can easily compute the infimum, using calculus and some logarithms.
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- 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"
- Tartar: an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums
- The branch of mathematics that is concerned with limits and with the differentiation and integration of functions
- Calculus (Latin, ', a small stone used for counting) is a branch in mathematics focused on limits, functions, derivatives, integrals, and infinite series. This subject constitutes a major part of modern mathematics education. ...
- Michael David Spivak (born 1940 in Queens, New York) is a mathematician specializing in differential geometry, an expositor of mathematics, and the founder of Publish-or-Perish Press. He is the author of the five-volume Comprehensive Introduction to Differential Geometry. He received a Ph.D. ...
- In dentistry, calculus or tartar is a form of hardened dental plaque. It is caused by the continual accumulation of minerals from saliva on plaque on the teeth. Its rough surface provides an ideal medium for further plaque formation, threatening the health of the gingiva.
- A calculus (plural calculi) is a stone (a concretion of material, usually mineral salts) that forms in an organ or duct of the body. Formation of calculi is known as lithiasis. Stones cause a number of medical conditions.
- Infinitesimal calculus was independently developed by both Leibniz and Newton in the 1660s, drawing on the work of such mathematicians as Barrow and Descartes. It consisted of differential calculus and integral calculus, used for the techniques of differentiation and integration respectively.
- Calculation, computation; Any formal system in which symbolic expressions are manipulated according to fixed rules; Differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject; analysis; A stony concretion that forms in a bodily organ; Deposits of calcium phosphate salts on ...
