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Calculus Kælkjuləs N.微积分学;结石 英 微积分学(Branch Mathematics Divided Parts

单词 calculus
音标 ['kælkjuləs]
解释 n.微积分学;结石
红宝书 【英】 微积分学(branch of mathematics, divided into two parts that deals with problems involving rates of variation)
字源 calculus (n.)
1660s, from Latin calculus "reckoning, account," originally "pebble used as a reckoning counter," diminutive of calx (genitive calcis) "limestone" (see chalk (n.)). Modern mathematical sense is a shortening of differential calculus. Also used from 1732 to mean kidney stones, etc., then generally for "concretion occurring accidentally in the animal body," such as dental plaque. Related: Calculous (adj.).
不择手段背单词 n. 微积分学(数学的一个分支); 结石(一种体内聚结, 由矿物盐形成, 存在于胆囊、肾或膀胱中)
趣味全助记 【记】Calculate 看着象计算,最后几个字母挺高深,是个学问(微积分学)又象Cal钙,原来也是一点点积多的石,结石;想出国得有成绩单;这门课不认识不行

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