calculus

About 3.90 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Calculation; computation.
2. noun Any formal system in which symbolic expressions are manipulated according to fixed rules.

   lambda calculus

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

   I took calculus in high school.

4. noun A stony concretion that forms in a bodily organ.
5. noun Deposits of calcium phosphate salts on teeth.
6. noun A decision-making method, especially one appropriate for a specialised realm.

Similar words

infinitesimal calculus tartar the calculus calculation calculated math calculating calculate computation compute

Often followed by

of and is in to for was or that

Word family

calculi calculuses