calculus

名词 n.
/ˈkæl.kjʊ.ləs/    /ˈkæl.kjə.ləs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Calculation; computation. countable,dated
  2. Any formal system in which symbolic expressions are manipulated according to fixed rules. countable
    — lambda calculus
  3. Differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject. definite,often,uncountable
    — Near-synonyms: analysis, mathematical analysis
  4. A stony concretion that forms in a bodily organ. countable
    — 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], lavage, or endoscopy) and for the placement of an ingluviotomy or proventriculotomy tube or the collection of crop wall biopsies.
  5. Deposits of calcium phosphate salts on teeth. uncountable
  6. A decision-making method, especially one appropriate for a specialised realm. countable
    — The Tory leader refused to state how many financiers he thought should end up in jail, saying: “There is not some simple calculus."

词形变化

calculi plural calculuses plural

词源

* 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.
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