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calculus

noun
/ˈkæl.kjʊ.ləs/UK/ˈkæl.kjə.ləs/US/ˈkælk(j)ʊləs/

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.

  1. borrowed from calculus — “a pebble or stone used as reckoning counters in abacus”

Definitions

  1. Calculation

    Calculation; computation.

  2. Any formal system in which symbolic expressions are manipulated according to fixed rules.

    • lambda calculus
    • predicate calculus

  3. Differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject.

    • Near-synonyms: analysis, mathematical analysis
    • I took calculus in high school.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A stony concretion that forms in a bodily organ.

    2. Deposits of calcium phosphate salts on teeth.

    3. A decision-making method, especially one appropriate for a specialised realm.

      • The Tory leader refused to state how many financiers he thought should end up in jail, saying: “There is not some simple calculus."

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Derived

absolute differential calculus, all students take calculus, bystander-calculus model, calculus of moving surfaces, calculus of sums and differences, calculus of variations, dental calculus, differential calculus, felicific calculus, finite-difference calculus, fractional calculus, fundamental theorem of calculus, fundamental theorem of calculus for line integrals, hedonic calculus, hedonistic calculus, implicational propositional calculus, infinitesimal calculus, integral calculus, jackstone calculus, join calculus, Kirby calculus, lambda calculus, logical calculus, modular calculus, multivariable calculus, noncalculus, operational calculus, pi-calculus, precalculus, predicate calculus, propositional calculus, renal calculus, Ricci calculus, Schubert calculus, sentential calculus, sequent calculus, stochastic calculus, tensor calculus, tuple calculus, umbral calculus · +3 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at calculus. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at calculus. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at calculus

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA