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improper integral

–noun Mathematics.
1. Also called infinite integral. a definite integral in which one or both of the limits of integration is infinite.
2. a definite integral in which the integrand becomes infinite at a point or points in the interval of integration.

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1940–45
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improper integral  
n.  An integral having at least one nonfinite limit or an integrand that becomes infinite between the limits of integration.
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