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English meaning

  • calculus noun A branch of mathematics dealing with rates of change and the accumulation of quantities.
  • flint noun A hard, fine-grained rock that produces sparks when struck against steel.
  • jewel noun A precious stone, especially one cut and polished for use in jewellery.
  • stone noun A hard natural material, or a piece of it, such as rock or a pebble.

Senses

石 is used for these senses in English:

  • Stone (countable) An English occupational and habitational surname from Old English, for someone who lived near a stone worked with stone, from Old English stan.
  • calculus (countable, medicine) A stony concretion that forms in a bodily organ.
  • crack cocaine A mixture of baking soda and cocaine in solid form that is smoked in a pipe as a narcotic.
  • flint A small cylinder of some other material of the same function in a cigarette lighter, etc.
  • jewel (horology) A bearing for a pivot in a watch, formed of a crystal or precious stone.
  • kidney stone (medicine) A calculus in the kidney.
  • leave no stone unturned (idiom) To search or investigate thoroughly.
  • stone (uncountable, geology) A hard earthen substance that can form rocks; especially, such substance when regarded as a building material.

calculus — full definition

  1. noun A branch of mathematics dealing with rates of change and the accumulation of quantities.
  2. noun A hard mineral deposit that forms in the body, such as on teeth or in an organ.

flint — full definition

  1. noun A hard, fine-grained rock that produces sparks when struck against steel.
  2. noun A small piece of hard material used in a lighter to create a spark.

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