CALCULUS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Irregular inflected form: calculi

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The branch of mathematics that is concerned with limits and with the differentiation and integration of functions

Synonyms:

calculus; infinitesimal calculus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("calculus" is a kind of...):

pure mathematics (the branches of mathematics that study and develop the principles of mathematics for their own sake rather than for their immediate usefulness)

Domain category:

math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "calculus"):

analysis (a branch of mathematics involving calculus and the theory of limits; sequences and series and integration and differentiation)

differential calculus; method of fluxions (the part of calculus that deals with the variation of a function with respect to changes in the independent variable (or variables) by means of the concepts of derivative and differential)

integral calculus (the part of calculus that deals with integration and its application in the solution of differential equations and in determining areas or volumes etc.)

calculus of variations (the calculus of maxima and minima of definite integrals)

Derivation:

calculate (make a mathematical calculation or computation)