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calcul — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • calculation noun The process of working out a number or amount using mathematics.
  • calculus noun A branch of mathematics dealing with rates of change and the accumulation of quantities.
  • computation noun The act of calculating something, or the result of that calculation.
  • reckoning noun The act of calculating or working something out.
  • stone noun A hard natural material, or a piece of it, such as rock or a pebble.
  • sum noun The total obtained by adding numbers or quantities together.

Senses

calcul is used for these senses in English:

  • calculation (chess, uncountable) The act or process of imagining sequences of potential moves and responses without actually moving the pieces.
  • calculus (countable, medicine) A stony concretion that forms in a bodily organ.
  • computation The act or process of computing; calculation; reckoning.
  • reckoning The action of calculating or estimating something.
  • stone (medicine) A hard, stone-like deposit.
  • sum (often plural) An arithmetic computation, especially one posed to a student as an exercise (not necessarily limited to addition).

calculation — full definition

  1. noun The process of working out a number or amount using mathematics.
  2. noun A careful assessment of a situation made in order to decide what to do.

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.

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