infinitesimal calculus

American  

noun

1. the differential calculus and the integral calculus, considered together.

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infinitesimal calculus British  

noun

1. another name for calculus

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Etymology

Origin of infinitesimal calculus

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

Maths has much older roots: it existed for millennia before Isaac Newton invented infinitesimal calculus as a way to lay the foundations of physics.

From Nature • Jul. 18, 2017

If the axioms were mutually incompatible, it would seem that the entire edifice of maths — which encompasses a broad range of subfields such as infinitesimal calculus or game theory — was on shaky foundations.

From Nature • Jul. 2, 2014

They afford yet another great advantage in that the derivation of the results requires only the analytic operations of the infinitesimal calculus.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various

During the war it-self, Gottfried Leibnitz of Leipzig had perfected the system of infinitesimal calculus.

From The Story of Mankind by Van Loon, Hendrik Willem

In his work he gave the first sketch of an infinitesimal calculus and in his own way performed an integration.

From Progress and History by Marvin, Francis Sydney