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calculus

6 definitions • 7 examples
1

Examples:

Did you do calculus at A level?
It is essential to understand functions and derivatives, key building blocks in calculus.
2
a way of calculating, judging, or deciding something in a complicated situation:

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There is a very tricky political calculus involved here.
The piece about jury screening discusses the decision-making calculus itself.
The new legislation changes the calculus for car manufacturers.
3
a mass of a hard mineral substance that is formed in the body, for example in the kidneys or gall bladder:

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Stones that form in the kidney or bladder are called urinary calculi.
4
a hard substance that forms on the teeth:

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The disease process begins when plaque on the tooth hardens to tartar, which hardens further to become calcified tartar, or calculus.

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