calculus

Word family adjectivecalcularcalcularynouncalculus

Related topics: Maths

cal·cu·lus /ˈkælkjələs/ noun [uncountableU]

HMthe part of mathematics that deals with changing quantities, such as the speed of a falling stone or the slope of a curved line 微积分

Examples from the Corpus

calculus• But Taylor worked six days a week at Midvale and studied chemistry and calculus on the side.• The Class of 2000 hits the books: calculus, chemistry, leadership courses.• Other subjects - like calculus or computing - can not be learned without some conscious effort.• To split up work into its components mirrored the intellectual tradition of calculus.• One is usually wary of text books which avoid the use of calculus.• Some composers today don t even understand the simple calculus, he said.• But without using calculus one can not show its elegance.• Treated as an instance of the Utilitarian calculus, the whole increasingly complicated operation would no doubt be quite unreal.

Origin calculus

(1600-1700) Latin “small stone, piece of mineral that forms in the body, stone used in counting”, from calx; → CHALK1

词汇	calculus
释义	calculus Word family adjectivecalcularcalcularynouncalculus Related topics: Maths cal·cu·lus /ˈkælkjələs/ noun [uncountableU] HMthe part of mathematics that deals with changing quantities, such as the speed of a falling stone or the slope of a curved line 微积分 Examples from the Corpus calculus• But Taylor worked six days a week at Midvale and studied chemistry and calculus on the side.• The Class of 2000 hits the books: calculus, chemistry, leadership courses.• Other subjects - like calculus or computing - can not be learned without some conscious effort.• To split up work into its components mirrored the intellectual tradition of calculus.• One is usually wary of text books which avoid the use of calculus.• Some composers today don t even understand the simple calculus, he said.• But without using calculus one can not show its elegance.• Treated as an instance of the Utilitarian calculus, the whole increasingly complicated operation would no doubt be quite unreal. Origin calculus (1600-1700) Latin “small stone, piece of mineral that forms in the body, stone used in counting”, from calx; → CHALK1
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