How to pronounce calculus
American English pronunciation
KAL-kyuh-lus
- IPA
- /ˈkælkjələs/
- Syllables
- KAL · kyuh · lus (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What calculus means
A branch of advanced math that studies how things change
In a sentence: My older sister is taking calculus in her last year of high school.
Where it comes from: It comes from a Latin word for a small pebble, because the Romans used pebbles as counters for doing sums.
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