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integral calculus

integral calculus

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A part of mathematics that finds areas, volumes, and solves some equations by adding many small parts
  • noun
  • /ˈɪntɪɡrəl ˈkælkjələs/
  • Specialized
translation icon : cálculo integral
  • The methods of integral calculus are used to find the area between curves.

Now you can learn the integral calculus, at least the basics of the theory of limits, you know, the idea of function, all all these important ideas.

Examples

  • Now you can learn the integral calculus, at least the basics of the theory of limits, you know, the idea of function, all all these important ideas.

    Gregory B. Sadler - That Philosophy Guy

  • An individual problem has to be sufficiently difficult to occupy a very bright student for 1.5 hours or more, yet it must not require the use of anything beyond the most elementary differential and integral calculus.

    Academic text (1993)

  • So I'm doing integral calculus and we'll get to that later.

  • It's called Treatise on Integral Calculus and it's written by Edwards.

  • It's called Treatise on Integral Calculus and it's written by Edwards.

  • At 15 he'd mastered differential and integral calculus.

    Impostor (2001)

  • Bougainville published a book on integral calculus at twenty-five; at twenty-six, he was a secretary.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • In my mathematics course, we learned that integral calculus helps solve problems related to motion.

  • Many students find integral calculus challenging due to its abstract concepts.

Surface Forms

integral calculus singular
integral calculi plural

Morphology

integral + calculus

The phrase combines 'integral' (relating to integration/antiderivatives) with 'calculus' (the mathematical study of limits, derivatives, and integrals), so the meaning 'the branch of calculus concerned with integration' is directly derivable from its parts. Although technical, the noun–noun composition is transparent and paralleled in many languages, so a learner who knows both constituent meanings would understand the MWE.

Etymology

Integral calculus may come from two old words: integral meaning 'whole' and calculus meaning 'small stone' used for counting. Think of adding many small stones together to make one whole object — this image shows why integral calculus is the part of math that adds tiny parts to find areas, volumes or other 'whole' results.