cálculo
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin calculus (“pebble”), diminutive of calx (“limestone”), from Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix, “pebble”).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: cál‧cu‧lo
Noun edit
cálculo m (plural cálculos)
- (mathematics, uncountable) calculus (differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject)
- calculation, computation
- (medicine) calculus (stony concretion)
- (poetic) pebble
- Synonyms: pedregulho, pedrinha
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:cálculo.
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Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin calculus (“pebble”), diminutive of calx (“limestone”), from Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix, “pebble”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cálculo m (plural cálculos)
- calculation, estimation
- (mathematics) arithmetic
- (mathematics) calculus
- (medicine) stone
- Synonym: litiasis
Derived terms edit
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Further reading edit
- “cálculo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014