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calculus
noun(cal-cu-lus)a method of computation or calculation in a special notation (as of logic or symbolic logic)
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noun(cal-cu-lus)the mathematical methods comprising differential and integral calculus —often used with the
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noun(cal-cu-lus)calculation
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noun phrase(cal-cu-lus)a branch of mathematics concerned with applying the methods of calculus to finding the maxima and minima of a function which depends for its values on another function or a curve
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noun(cal-cu-lus)a branch of mathematics concerned chiefly with the study of the rate of change of functions with respect to their variables especially through the use of derivatives and differentials
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noun(cal-cu-lus)a method of determining the rightness of an action by balancing the probable pleasures and pains that it would produce
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noun(cal-cu-lus)predicate calculus
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noun(cal-cu-lus)calculus
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noun(cal-cu-lus)a branch of mathematics concerned with the theory and applications (as in the determination of lengths, areas, and volumes and in the solution of differential equations) of integrals and integration
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noun(cal-cu-lus)the branch of symbolic logic that uses symbols for quantifiers and for arguments and predicates of propositions as well as for unanalyzed propositions and logical connectives —called also functional calculus
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noun(cal-cu-lus)the branch of symbolic logic that uses symbols for unanalyzed propositions and logical connectives only —called also sentential calculus
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noun(cal-cu-lus)propositional calculus