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–noun

1.	Mathematics. one of the positive or negative numbers 1, 2, 3, etc., or zero. Compare whole number.

2.	a complete entity.

[Origin: 1500–10; < L: untouched, hence, undivided, whole, equiv. to in- in-³ + -teg- (comb. form of tag-, base of tangere to touch) + -er adj. suffix

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in·te·ger Audio Help (ĭn'tĭ-jər) Pronunciation Key
n. Mathematics

A member of the set of positive whole numbers {1, 2, 3, . . . }, negative whole numbers {-1, -2, -3, . . . }, and zero {0}.
A complete unit or entity.

[From Latin, whole, complete; see tag- in Indo-European roots.]

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integer

1508, "whole, entire" (adj.), from L. integer "whole," lit. "intact, untouched," from in- "not" + root of tangere "to touch" (see tangent). Noun meaning "a whole number" (opposed to fraction) first recorded 1571.

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integer
noun
any of the natural numbers (positive or negative) or zero; "an integer is a number that is not a fraction"

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A positive or negative whole number or zero. The numbers 4, -876, and 5,280 are all integers.

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integer mathematics
(Or "whole number") One of the finite numbers in the infinite set
..., -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, ...
An inductive definition of an integer is a number that is either zero or an integer plus or minus one. An integer is a number with no fractional part. If written as a fixed-point number, the part after the decimal (or other base) point will be zero.
A natural number is a non-negative integer.
(2002-04-07)

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Integer

Dis*in"te*grate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disintegrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Disintegrating.] [L. dis- + integratus, p. p. of integrare to renew, repair, fr. integer entire, whole. See Integer.] To separate into integrant parts; to reduce to fragments or to powder; to break up, or cause to fall to pieces, as a rock, by blows of a hammer, frost, rain, and other mechanical or atmospheric influences.

Marlites are not disintegrated by exposure to the atmosphere, at least in six years. --Kirwan.

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