calculus

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: calculus

1	n	the branch of mathematics that is concerned with limits and with the differentiation and integration of functions
2	n	a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body
3	n	an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: calculus

Types:: show 5 types...; hide 5 types...; analysis
a branch of mathematics involving calculus and the theory of limits; sequences and series and integration and differentiation; differential calculus, method of fluxions
the part of calculus that deals with the variation of a function with respect to changes in the independent variable (or variables) by means of the concepts of derivative and differential; integral calculus
the part of calculus that deals with integration and its application in the solution of differential equations and in determining areas or volumes etc.; calculus of variations
the calculus of maxima and minima of definite integrals; Fourier analysis, harmonic analysis
analysis of a periodic function into a sum of simple sinusoidal components

Type of:: pure mathematics
the branches of mathematics that study and develop the principles of mathematics for their own sake rather than for their immediate usefulness

“renal calculi can be very painful”

Types:: show 7 types...; hide 7 types...; bladder stone, cystolith
a calculus formed in the bladder; enterolith
a calculus occurring in the intestines; bilestone, gallstone
a calculus formed in the gall bladder or its ducts; kidney stone, nephrolith, renal calculus, urinary calculus
a calculus formed in the kidney; ptyalith
calculus in a salivary gland; salivary calculus, sialolith
a stone formed in the salivary gland; urolith
a urinary stone

Type of:: crust, encrustation, incrustation
a hard outer layer that covers something

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