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calc

calc

2 8.8
A school math course about change and area
  • noun
  • /kælk/
  • Informal
translation icon : cálculo
  • If you want to pursue engineering, you should take Calc in high school.
  • a calc class

Just like a derivative from calc one right DYDX.

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Examples

  • Get an 800 on the math section, you'll probably have no problem with calc.

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  • I'll, uh, see you in Calc.

  • I think it's cool that this happened in like a Calc one class.

  • I only ever see him in Calc anyway.

  • Also, how did your Calc II go?

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  • I'm from your Calc class.

  • You're definitely safe in Calc.

  • There are plenty of perfectly prestigious and well-paid things that you can do if you can get Bs in chem, calc, and physics, including being an engineer.

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  • Most importantly, we pushed to get her out of the crappy middle school math curriculum and into Algebra I early, which is why she's able to be in AP Calc BC now as a senior.

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  • I really enjoyed the challenging problems we solved in Calc class last semester.

Synonyms

calculus
vscalc
  • Specialized
51 8.0

The branch of math that studies change and areas under curves

is an informal abbreviation used when naming a school math course

Compounds

calc-tufa
  • Specialized
9.9

A soft porous rock formed when spring water rich in calcium leaves mineral layers

Surface Forms

calc singular
calcs plural

Etymology

The word calc, used for the subject calculus, comes from the Latin calculus, 'small stone', and the math called calculus grew from careful work with numbers, so students often call the course calc.