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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The mathematics of the variation of a function with respect to changes in independent variables.
- noun The study of slopes of curves, accelerations, maxima, and minima by means of derivatives and differentials.
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- noun calculus The
calculus that deals withinstantaneous rates of change.
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- noun the part of calculus that deals with the variation of a function with respect to changes in the independent variable (or variables) by means of the concepts of derivative and differential
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