Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Plural of
calculus .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural See
calculus .
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- noun Plural form of
calculus .
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Examples
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Kidney stones (calculi) are hardened mineral deposits that form in the kidney.
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Lawrence's poem that is "slow to mate," serious novelists are often years, if not decades and decades, behind in their calculi about what matters most dearly in their native lands.
The Poser And The (Former) Planet Pluto The Huffington Post 2011
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Lawrence's poem that is "slow to mate," serious novelists are often years, if not decades and decades, behind in their calculi about what matters most dearly in their native lands.
The Poser And The (Former) Planet Pluto The Huffington Post 2011
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Renal stones develop when abnormal concretions of calculi form in the kidneys or bladder, becoming impacted and sometimes obstructing the flow of urine.
Pestilence and Headcolds: Encountering Illness in Colonial Mexico 2008
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These calculi have the property that none of Gentzen's original “structural rules” are needed.
Chores 2009
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In such calculi, each line in a derivation is correct in itself, i.e., a logical truth, whence the term.
Chores 2009
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* They have (numerically speaking) almost identical electoral college calculi -- They would both win or lose the EC by very similar margins.
Hillary Campaign Emails Out "Electability" Power-Point To All House Dems 2009
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With Kleene's book, Gentzen's sequent calculi became generally known and accessible.
Chores 2009
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I think the Scotsman used both of these calculi to arrive at "fourth choice" in the same article.
By-elections - Can't count, won't count Jeff 2009
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The most common elements of calculi are calcium, oxalate, phosphate and uric acid
In Gordath Wood: Writer Patrice Sarath » So why are these books so good? 2009
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