[in-ti-grey-shuh
n] 
| 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). |
[koh-ad-uhp-tey-shuhn] | 1. | Biology. the correlation of structural or behavioral characteristics in two or more interacting organisms in a community or organs in an organism resulting from progressive accommodation by natural selection. |
| 2. | Also called integration. Genetics. the accumulation in a population's gene pool of genes that interact by harmonious epistasis in the development of an organism. |
| in·te·gra·tion (ĭn'tĭ-grā'shən) n.
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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.)
coadaptation co·ad·ap·ta·tion (kō'ād-āp-tā'shən)
n.
The joint correlated changes in two or more interdependent organs.
integration in·te·gra·tion (ĭn'tĭ-grā'shən)
n.
The state of combination or the process of combining into completeness and harmony.
The organization of the psychological or social traits and tendencies of a personality into a harmonious whole.
A physiological increase or building up, as by accretion or anabolism.
A recombination event in which a genetic element is inserted.
| coadaptation (kō'ād'āp-tā'shən) Pronunciation Key
The reciprocal adaptation of two or more genetically determined features through natural selection. Coadaptation can occur between interacting genes or structures within an organism or between two or more interacting species. |
| 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. |
integration programming
Combining software or hardware components or both into an overall system.
(1996-05-22)