integral
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tɪ adjective
1.
of, pertaining to, or belonging as a part of the whole; constituent or component: integral parts.
2.
necessary to the completeness of the whole: This point is integral to his plan.
3.
consisting or composed of parts that together constitute a whole.
4.
entire; complete; whole: the integral works of a writer.
5.
Arithmetic. pertaining to or being an integer; not fractional.
noun
7.
an integral whole.
8.
Mathematics.
a.
Also called Riemann integral. the numerical measure of the area bounded above by the graph of a given function, below by the x -axis, and on the sides by ordinates drawn at the endpoints of a specified interval; the limit, as the norm of partitions of the given interval approaches zero, of the sum of the products of the function evaluated at a point in each subinterval times the length of the subinterval.
b.
a primitive.
c.
any of several analogous quantities. Compare improper integral, line integral, multiple integral, surface integral.
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World English Dictionary
| integral | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | ( |
| 2. | intact; entire |
| 3. | formed of constituent parts; united |
| 4. | maths |
| a. of or involving an integral | |
| b. involving or being an integer | |
| —n | |
| 5. | maths ʃ the limit of an increasingly large number of increasingly smaller quantities, related to the function that is being integrated (the integrand). The independent variables may be confined within certain limits (definite integral) or in the absence of limits (indefinite integral) |
| 6. | a complete thing; whole |
| integrality | |
| —n | |
| 'integrally | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
integral
1471, "of or pertaining to a whole," from M.Fr. intégral (14c.), from M.L. integralis "forming a whole," from L. integer "whole" (see integer).
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Science Dictionary
| integral (ĭn'tĭ-grəl) Pronunciation Key
Adjective Involving or expressed as an integer or integers. Noun See definite integral, indefinite integral. |
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Example sentences
Starting in the jet era, flight data recorders became integral to investigating crashes.
Space exploration has bred satellite technology, which has become an integral part of modern living.
Those courts were in fact an integral part of the rebellion.
After all, the house is meant to be an integral part of the land.
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