English dictionary
Hint: With the Firefox addon you can search this dictionary from the browsers search field.
English noun: calculus | |||
| 1. | calculus (object) a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body | ||
| Samples | Renal calculi can be very painful. | ||
| Synonyms | concretion | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | rock, stone | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bilestone, bladder stone, cystolith, enterolith, gallstone, kidney stone, nephrolith, ptyalith, renal calculus, salivary calculus, sialolith, urinary calculus, urolith | ||
| 2. | calculus (object) an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums | ||
| Synonyms | tartar, tophus | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | crust, encrustation, incrustation | ||
| 3. | calculus (cognition) the branch of mathematics that is concerned with limits and with the differentiation and integration of functions | ||
| Synonyms | infinitesimal calculus | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | pure mathematics | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | analysis, calculus of variations, differential calculus, integral calculus, method of fluxions | ||
| Domain category | math, mathematics, maths | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
Web design: Orcapia v/Per Bang. English edition: .
2024 onlineordbog.dk
Web design: Orcapia v/Per Bang. English edition: .
2024 onlineordbog.dk