Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun infinitesimal_calculus

1 sense of infinitesimal calculus

Sense 1
calculus, infinitesimal calculus -- (the branch of mathematics that is concerned with limits and with the differentiation and integration of functions)
       => pure mathematics -- (the branches of mathematics that study and develop the principles of mathematics for their own sake rather than for their immediate usefulness)