Definitions

1. noun

a branch of mathematics dealing with the study of continuous change, rates of change, and accumulation.

“The professor taught her class advanced calculus, which they struggled to grasp.”

2. noun

a method of reasoning or an act of reckoning.

“The politician’s calculus of public opinion led him to change his stance on the issue.”

3. noun

a small, hard, usually rounded seed pod, especially of the poppy or other poppy family plants.

“The field was covered with a layer of poppy calyculus after the recent storm.”