All 5 Uses of
calculus
in
Arrowsmith
- By the end of his first nine months at McGurk, Martin had reviewed trigonometry and analytic geometry and he was finding differential calculus romantic.†
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- He was so absorbed in staphylolysin and in calculus that he did not realize the world was about to be made safe for democracy.†
Chpt 27
- His puttees were a nuisance to wear and an inferno to put on; his collar pinched his neck and jabbed his chin; and it was wearing on a man who sat up till three, on the perilous duty of studying calculus, to be snappy at every salute.†
Chpt 27
- Oh, let's go back and do some more calculus......Darling, my working nights doesn't bore you too much, does it?†
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- And I'm hanged if I'll study calculus this evening.†
Chpt 28
Definitions:
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(1)
(calculus as used in reasoning or mathematics) any system or process used to calculate values or to reason
or:
the branch of mathematics that is concerned with continuously changing valuesCalculus is commonly studied after algebra and trigonometry. Unless one is majoring in a math-intensive field, calculus (or perhaps statistics) is typically the last type of mathematics class a well-educated student take. -
(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
In dentistry and medicine, it can also refer to tartar (hardened plaque -- hard yellow deposits) on the teeth or to stones (mineral deposits) in various organs such as the kidney or gall bladder.