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in⋅te⋅gra⋅tion

[in-ti-grey-shuh

–noun

1.	an act or instance of combining into an integral whole.

2.	an act or instance of integrating a racial, religious, or ethnic group.

3.	an act or instance of integrating an organization, place of business, school, etc.

4.	Mathematics. the operation of finding the integral of a function or equation, esp. solving a differential equation.

5.	behavior, as of an individual, that is in harmony with the environment.

6.	Psychology. the organization of the constituent elements of the personality into a coordinated, harmonious whole.

7.	Genetics. coadaptation (def. 2).

Origin:
1610–20; integrate + -ion; cf. L integrātiō renewal

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in·te·gra·tion (ĭn'tĭ-grā'shən) Pronunciation Key
n.

1. The act or process of integrating.
2. The state of becoming integrated.
The bringing of people of different racial or ethnic groups into unrestricted and equal association, as in society or an organization; desegregation.
Psychology The organization of the psychological or social traits and tendencies of a personality into a harmonious whole.
Mathematics The process of computing an integral; the inverse of differentiation.
Electronics The process of placing more than one integrated circuit on a single chip.

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integration
noun
1.	the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community [ant: segregation]
2.	the act of combining into an integral whole; "a consolidation of two corporations"; "after their consolidation the two bills were passed unanimously"; "the defendants asked for a consolidation of the actions against them" [syn: consolidation]
3.	an operation used in the calculus whereby the integral of a function is determined

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integration (ĭn'tĭ-grā'shən) Pronunciation Key
In calculus, the process of calculating an integral. Integration is the inverse of differentiation, since integrating a given function results in a function whose derivative is the given function. Integration is used in the calculation of such things as the areas and volumes of irregular shapes and solids. Compare differentiation.

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integration

The free association of people from different racial and ethnic backgrounds (see ethnicity); a goal of the civil rights movement to overcome policies of segregation that have been practiced in the United States.

Note: Those favoring integration of schools by such forceful means as busing or affirmative action have frequently argued that integration of schools will lead to integration of society as a whole. (See separate but equal.)

[Chapter:] American Politics

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integration programming
Combining software or hardware components or both into an overall system.
(1996-05-22)

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Integration

In"te*gral\, n. 1. A whole; an entire thing; a whole number; an individual.

2. (Math.) An expression which, being differentiated, will produce a given differential. See differential Differential, and Integration. Cf. Fluent.

Elliptic integral, one of an important class of integrals, occurring in the higher mathematics; -- so called because one of the integrals expresses the length of an arc of an ellipse.

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