calculus

Noun
  1. A hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts;
    Found in hollow organs or ducts of the body (synset 109253675)
    "renal calculi can be very painful"
    is a type of: rock, stone - a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter
    subtypes:
    same as: concretion
  2. An incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums (synset 109478055)
    is a type of: crust, encrustation, incrustation - a hard outer layer that covers something
    same as: tartar, tophus
  3. The branch of mathematics that is concerned with limits and with the differentiation and integration of functions (synset 106023090)
    referred to in: math, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement
    is a type of: pure mathematics - the branches of mathematics that study and develop the principles of mathematics for their own sake rather than for their immediate usefulness
    subtypes:
    • analysis - a branch of mathematics involving calculus and the theory of limits; sequences and series and integration and differentiation
    • differential calculus, method of fluxions - the part of calculus that deals with the variation of a function with respect to changes in the independent variable (or variables) by means of the concepts of derivative and differential
    • integral calculus - the part of calculus that deals with integration and its application in the solution of differential equations and in determining areas or volumes etc.
    • calculus of variations - the calculus of maxima and minima of definite integrals
    same as: infinitesimal calculus

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