cálculo
See also: calculo and calculó
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin calculus (“pebble”), diminutive of calx (“limestone”), from Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix, “pebble”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkaw.ku.lu/ [ˈkaʊ̯.ku.lu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkaw.ku.lo/ [ˈkaʊ̯.ku.lo]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈkal.ku.lu/ [ˈkaɫ.ku.lu]
- Hyphenation: cál‧cu‧lo
Noun
cálculo m (plural cálculos)
- (mathematics, uncountable) calculus (differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject)
- calculation, computation
- Synonyms: cômputo, conta, avaliação, operação
- (medicine) calculus (stony concretion)
- Synonyms: concreção, pedra
- (poetic) pebble
- Synonyms: pedregulho, pedrinha
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:cálculo.
Derived terms
- cálculo integral, cálculo diferencial
Related terms
- calculado
- calculador
- calculadora
- calcular
- calculável
- calculista
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin calculus (“pebble”), diminutive of calx (“limestone”), from Ancient Greek χάλιξ (khálix, “pebble”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkalkulo/ [ˈkal.ku.lo]
- Rhymes: -alkulo
- Syllabification: cál‧cu‧lo
Noun
cálculo m (plural cálculos)
- calculation, estimation
- (mathematics) arithmetic
- (mathematics) calculus
- (medicine) stone
- Synonym: litiasis
Derived terms
- cálculo biliar
- cálculo diferencial
- cálculo fraccional
- cálculo infinitesimal
- cálculo integral
- cálculo lógico
- cálculo relacional
- cálculo renal
- cálculo tensorial
- cálculo vectorial
- hoja de cálculo
- regla de cálculo
Related terms
- calculador
- calculadora
- calcular
Further reading
- “cálculo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014