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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (plural of calculus English)
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a hard lump produced by the concretion of mineral salts; found in hollow organs or ducts of the body; "renal calculi can be very painful" [syn: concretion ] an incrustation that forms on the teeth and gums [syn: tartar , tophus ] the branch of mathematics ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Calculus \Cal"cu*lus\, n.; pl. Calculi . [L, calculus. See Calculate , and Calcule .] (Med.) Any solid concretion, formed in any part of the body, but most frequent in the organs that act as reservoirs, and in the passages connected with them; as, biliary ...
Usage examples of calculi.
And for ten, twenty seconds the mathematical symbols and figures flowed and swirled in a hypnotic, sentient-seeming manner, forming rapidly mutating calculi apparently at random on the screen.
There was no actual whirlpool of numbers as such, but an ordered march of evolving calculi and ever-changing equations, like the emerging answer to a question of immense complexity, unravelling onto the screen of some gigantic computer.