calculus

And while that was certainly a part of Beyoncé’s calculus when plotting “Irreemplazable,” she has a personal attachment to Spanish music.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026

To this day, his calculus for greenlighting any major production seems to come down to how vastly one’s star power burns.

From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026

Zietz tells me he’d rather endure criticism than be dull, but the calculus is different for other leaders.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Although they lived in many of the same environments as anatomically modern humans, their dental calculus contained considerably more insect DNA.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026

It speaks in differential, equations, and calculus is the tool that you need to pose and solve these differential equations.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz both “died in excruciating pain while suffering from calculi — a bladder stone for Newton, a kidney stone for Leibniz”.

From Nature ● Apr. 4, 2019

Midway through Infinite Powers, Steven Strogatz writes that Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz both “died in excruciating pain while suffering from calculi — a bladder stone for Newton, a kidney stone for Leibniz”.

From Nature ● Apr. 1, 2019

A less common constituent of urinary calculi is the insoluble oxalate of lime.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

Habitual costiveness and the presence of calculi, are frequent causes of spasmodic colic.

From Domestic Animals History and description of the horse, mule, cattle, sheep, swine, poultry and farm dogs; with directions for their management, breeding, crossing, rearing, feeding, and preparation for a profitable market; also their diseases and remedies. Together with full directions for the management of the dairy. by Richard L. Allen

The ova often serve as a nucleus for urinary calculi.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various

“Do I think I underestimated some factors and overestimated some others? Sure. Do I think that there were calculations and calculuses that I made? Yes,” Porter went on.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2024