Calculus



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 微积分学
• ［英］ 微积分学 ( branch of mathematics, divided into two parts that deals with problems involving rates of variation)

Webster Collegiate

noun (plural calculi; also -luses)

• Etymology: Latin, stone (used in reckoning)
• Date: 1666
• 1.
  • a. a method of computation or calculation in a special notation (as of logic or symbolic logic)
  • b. the mathematical methods comprising differential and integral calculus — often used with the
• 2. calculation
• 3.
  • a. a concretion usually of mineral salts around organic material found especially in hollow organs or ducts
  • b. tartar I,2
• 4. a system or arrangement of intricate or interrelated parts

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