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calculus
 
Noun calculus has 3 senses
  1. calculus, concretion - a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body; "renal calculi can be very painful"
    --1 is a kind of rock, stone
    --1 has particulars:
     bladder stone, cystolith; enterolith; gallstone, bilestone; kidney stone, urinary calculus, nephrolith, renal calculus; ptyalith; sialolith, salivary calculus; urolith
  2. tartar, calculus, tophus - an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums
    --2 is a kind of crust, incrustation, encrustation
  3. calculus, the calculus, infinitesimal calculus - the branch of mathematics that is concerned with limits and with the differentiation and integration of functions
    --3 is a kind of pure mathematics
    --3 has particulars:
     analysis; differential calculus, method of fluxions; integral calculus; calculus of variations
    Derived form: verb calculate1
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