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in·te·gral  (nt-grl, n-tgrl)

adj.

1. Essential or necessary for completeness; constituent: The kitchen is an integral part of a house.

2. Possessing everything essential; entire.

3. (nt-grl) Mathematics

a. Expressed or expressible as or in terms of integers.

b. Expressed as or involving integrals.

n.

1. A complete unit; a whole.

2. (nt-grl) Mathematics

a. A number computed by a limiting process in which the domain of a function, often an interval or planar region, is divided into arbitrarily small units, the value of the function at a point in each unit is multiplied by the linear or areal measurement of that unit, and all such products are summed.

b. A definite integral.

c. An indefinite integral.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin integrlis, making up a whole, from Latin integer, complete; see integer.]

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inte·grali·ty (-grl-t) n.

inte·gral·ly adv.

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integral

Adjective

1. being an essential part of a whole

2. whole or complete

3. Maths

a. of or involving an integral

b. involving or being an integer

Noun

Maths the sum of a large number of minute quantities, summed either between stated limits ([definite integral]) or in the absence of limits ([indefinite integral])

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integral  (nt-grl)

Adjective

Involving or expressed as an integer or integers.

Noun

See definite integralindefinite integral

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	integral - the result of a mathematical integration; F(x) is the integral of f(x) if dF/dx = f(x) figuring, reckoning, calculation, computation - problem solving that involves numbers or quantities indefinite integral - the set of functions F(x) + C, where C is any real number, such that F(x) is the integral of f(x) definite integral - the integral of a function over a definite interval
Adj.	1.	integral - existing as an essential constituent or characteristic; "the Ptolemaic system with its built-in concept of periodicity"; "a constitutional inability to tell the truth" built-in, inbuilt, inherent, constitutional intrinsic, intrinsical - belonging to a thing by its very nature; "form was treated as something intrinsic, as the very essence of the thing"- John Dewey
	2.	integral - constituting the undiminished entirety; lacking nothing essential especially not damaged; "a local motion keepeth bodies integral"- Bacon; "was able to keep the collection entire during his lifetime"; "fought to keep the union intact" intact, entire whole - including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete; "gave his whole attention"; "a whole wardrobe for the tropics"; "the whole hog"; "a whole week"; "the baby cried the whole trip home"; "a whole loaf of bread"
	3.	integral - of or denoted by an integer

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integral

adjective 1. essential, basic, fundamental, necessary, component, constituent, indispensable, intrinsic, requisite, elemental << OPPOSITE inessential

adjective 2. whole, full, complete, entire, intact, undivided << OPPOSITE partial

Translations

integral [ˈɪntɪgrəl] adj (= whole) → íntegro; [part] → integrante

integral [ˈɪntɪgrəl] adj (= whole) → intégral(e); [part] → intégrant(e)

integral [ˈɪntɪgrəl] adj → wesentlich

integral [ˈɪntɪgrəl] adj → integrale; [part] → integrante