英语词汇“calculus”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	calculus
释义	calculus /kal"kyeuh leuhs/, n. , pl. calculi /-luy'/, calculuses. 1. Math. a method of calculation, esp. one of several highly systematic methods of treating problems by a special system of algebraic notations, as differential or integral calculus. 2. Pathol. a stone, or concretion, formed in the gallbladder, kidneys, or other parts of the body. 3. Also called tartar. Dentistry. a hard, yellowish to brownish-black deposit on teeth formed largely through the mineralization of dead bacteria in dental plaques by the calcium salts in salivary secretions and subgingival transudates. 4. calculation: the calculus of political appeal. [1610-20; < L: pebble, small stone (used in reckoning), equiv. to calc- (s. of calx stone) + -ulus -ULE]
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