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in⋅te⋅ger

  [in-ti-jer]
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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   (ĭn'tĭ-jər)   
n.   Mathematics

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

  2. A complete unit or entity.


[From Latin, whole, complete; see tag- in Indo-European roots.]
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integers [(in-tuh-juhrz)]

The whole numbers, plus their counterparts less than zero, and zero. The negative integers are those less than zero (–1, –2, –3, and so on); the positive integers are those greater than zero (1, 2, 3, and so on).

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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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