calculus
Syllables: cal·cu·lusUK/ˈkæl.kjʊ.ləs//ˈkæl.kjə.ləs/
calculus noun: calculation; computation.
Noun
calculus (countable and uncountable, plural calculi or calculuses)
- Calculation; computation.
- Synonyms:
- ciphering, reckoning, calculation, computation, computing, supputation
- Any formal system in which symbolic expressions are manipulated according to fixed rules.
- lambda calculus
- predicate calculus
- Differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject.
- Near-synonyms: analysis, mathematical analysis
- I took calculus in high school.
- Synonyms:
- infinitesimal calculus, analysis, mathematical analysis
- A stony concretion that forms in a bodily organ.
- Commonly indicated for treatment of sour crop (Fig. 11-11, A), an ingluviotomy is done to retrieve crop calculi, ingluvioliths, or foreign bodies (which are not accessible per os) or to retrieve proventricular or ventricular foreign bodies (using micromagnets [glued in place within plastic tubes]...2015, Jaime Samour, Avian Medicine, page 297
- Synonyms:
- stone
- Deposits of calcium phosphate salts on teeth.
- Synonyms:
- dental calculus, tartar
- 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."2008 December 16, “Cameron calls for bankers’ ‘day of reckoning’”, in Financial Times
calculus meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
calculus in Hindi
- formal mathematical system
- कलन kalan
- differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject
- कलन kalan
- stony concretion in an organ
- अश्मरी aśmarī, पथरी pathrī
calculus in Tamil
- நுண்கணிதம், நுண்கணிதவியல், கல்லடைப்பு, உடலுறை கல், உடல்கல், கனிமப்படிவக்கல்
calculus in Marathi
- differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject
- कलन kalan
calculus in Urdu
- کیلکولس
More languagesFewer languages
- calculus in Bengali
- কলনবিদ্যা kolnobidda
- calculus in Telugu
- కలన గణితం kalana gaṇitaṁ
- calculus in Malayalam
- കലനം
- calculus in Kannada
- ಎಣಿಕೆಯರಿಮೆ, ಗಣಿತಶಾಸ್ತ್ರದ ಒಂದು ಭಾಗ, ಸಂಖ್ಯಾಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ
- calculus in Punjabi
- ਕੈਲਕੁਲਸ, ਕੈਲਕੂਲਸ
- calculus in Gujarati
- કલન kalan, અશ્મરી aśmarī
- calculus in Odia
- କ୍ଯ଼ାଲ୍କୁଲସ୍, କ୍ଯ଼ାଲକୁଲସ୍, କ୍ଯ଼ାଲ୍କୁଲସ
- calculus in Nepali
- क्याल्कुलस, क्याल्क्युलस, कलन
- calculus in Tagalog
- tayahan
- calculus in Arabic
- حِسْبَان ḥisbān, التَّفَاضُل وَ التَّكَامُل at-tafāḍul wa t-takāmul, حِسَاب التَّفَاضُل وَ التَّكَامُل ḥisāb at-tafāḍul wa t-takāmul
- calculus in Indonesian
- kalkulus, batu
- calculus in Persian
- حساب دیفرانسیل و انتگرال hesâbe diferânsyal o entegrâl
- calculus in Thai
- แคลคูลัส, นิ่ว nîu
Examples of calculus in a sentence
- I had to drop calculus because it was taking up too much of my time.
- You can't teach them calculus when they can't add up; let's get back to basics.
- There's a cute alternative proof of this using lambda calculus.
Synonyms of calculus
- ciphering
- reckoning
- calculation
- computation
- computing
- infinitesimal calculus
- analysis
- mathematical analysis
- stone
- dental calculus
2 more synonymsFewer synonyms
Forms of calculus
| plural | calculi |
|---|---|
| plural | calculuses |
Origin of calculus
* 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.
Words formed from calculus
- 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
- utility calculus
- variational calculus
- vector calculus
Questions about calculus
- What does calculus mean?
- Calculus means calculation; computation.
- What is calculus in Hindi?
- Calculus in Hindi is कलन (kalan), अश्मरी (aśmarī), पथरी (pathrī). See Calculus meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is calculus?
- Calculus is a noun.
- How do you pronounce calculus?
- Calculus is pronounced /ˈkæl.kjʊ.ləs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of calculus?
- The plural of calculus is calculi.
Words near calculus in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: calculus (page history and authors); calculus (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); calculus (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); calculus (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); calculus (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); calculus (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); calculus (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); calculus (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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