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/ˈkæl.kjʊ.ləs/
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/ˈkæl.kjə.ləs/
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/ˈkælk(j)ʊləs/
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ˈkæl.kjʊ.ləs
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ˈkæl.kjə.ləs
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Noun
Calculation; computation.
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Any formal system in which symbolic expressions are manipulated according to fixed rules.
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lambda calculus
predicate calculus
Differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject.
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Near-synonyms: analysis, mathematical analysis
I took calculus in high school.
A stony concretion that forms in a bodily organ.
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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.
Deposits of calcium phosphate salts on teeth.
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A decision-making method, especially one appropriate for a specialised realm.
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The Tory leader refused to state how many financiers he thought should end up in jail, saying: “There is not some simple calculus."
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a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body
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renal calculi can be very painful
an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums
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the branch of mathematics that is concerned with limits and with the differentiation and integration of functions
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