calculus
11Calculus — A stone, as in the urinary tract. Also, the calcium salt deposits on the teeth. The word calculus in Latin means a pebble. Pebbles were once used for counting, from which came the mathematical field of calculus. A urinary calculus is a pebble in… …
12Calculus — Calculi auf einem Abakus. Calculus (lat. calculus, Diminutiv von calx, (Kalk) Stein, Plural: calculi) bedeutet Rechenstein. Das Aufkommen der Tempelwirtschaft führte bereits im Vorfeld der Hochkulturentwicklung zum Abbilden von Zahlen und zu… …
13calculus — noun a) calculation, computation lambda calculus b) Any formal system in which symbolic expressions are manipulated according to fixed rules. predicate calculus …
14calculus — n. mathematical method 1) differential; integral; vector calculus deposit formed in an organ of the body 2) a renal; urinary calculus * * * [ kælkjʊləs] integral urinary calculus vector calculus [ deposit formed in an organ of the body ] a renal… …
15calculus — n.; pl. calculi 1) a stone: a hard pebble like mass formed within the body, particularly in the gall bladder (see gallstone) or anywhere in the urinary tract (see cystolithiasis, nephrolithiasis, staghorn calculus). Calculi in the urinary tract… …
16calculus — n. (pl. calculuses or calculi) 1 Math. a a particular method of calculation or reasoning (calculus of probabilities). b the infinitesimal calculuses of integration or differentiation (see integral calculus, differential calculus). 2 Med. a stone… …
17Calculus — Cạlculus [aus lat. calculus, Gen.: calculiCalculus= Steinchen] m; , ...li: kleiner Stein, Steinchen, ↑Konkrement. Cạlculus fẹlle|us:Calculus= Cholelith. Cạlculus rena̱lis: = Nephrolith. Cạlculus saliva̱lis: = Sialolith. Cạlculus vesi̱cae:… …
18calculus — cal•cu•lus [[t]ˈkæl kyə ləs[/t]] n. pl. li [[t] ˌlaɪ[/t]] lus•es 1) math. a method of calculation, esp. one of several highly systematic methods of treating problems by a special system of algebraic notations, as differential or integral calculus …
19Calculus — Mathematics Math e*mat ics, n. [F. math[ e]matiques, pl., L. mathematica, sing., Gr. ? (sc. ?) science. See {Mathematic}, and { ics}.] That science, or class of sciences, which treats of the exact relations existing between quantities or… …
20calculus — noun (plural calculi; also luses) Etymology: Latin, stone (used in reckoning) Date: 1666 1. a. a method of computation or calculation in a special notation (as of logic or symbolic logic) b. the …
