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]

• (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)

1. (mathematics, uncountable) calculus (differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject)
2. calculation, computation

   Synonyms: cômputo, conta, avaliação, operação

3. (medicine) calculus (stony concretion)

   Synonyms: concreção, pedra

4. (poetic) pebble

   Synonyms: pedregulho, pedrinha

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:cálculo.

Derived terms

• cálculo diferencial
• cálculo integral
• cálculo renal

 

Related terms

• calculabilidade
• calculação
• calculadamente
• calculado
• calculador
• calculadora
• calculante
• calcular
• calculável
• calculismo
• calculista
• discalculia
• incalculável

 

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)

1. calculation

   Synonym: cómputo

2. estimation

   Synonym: estimación

3. (mathematics) arithmetic

   Synonym: aritmética

4. (mathematics) calculus
5. (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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16