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integral (iou)



integral adjective & noun. M16.
[Late Latin integralis, formed as INTEGER: see -AL1.]
A. adjective.
Belonging to or making up a whole; constituent, component; necessary to the completeness or integrity of the whole, not merely attached. M16.
E. M. Goulburn Recreation must form an integral part of human life. R. T. Glazebrook This cylinder has an open-ended steel barrel with integral fins. Motor Trend Its front air dam has integral foglights.
Made up of component parts which together constitute a unity; esp. in Logic, consisting of or divisible into parts external to each other. L16.
Which? An integral washer/drier which washes and tumble dries in one drum.
Having no part or element separated or lacking; whole, complete. E17.
A. Storr Their novels are attempts to make some kind of coherent, integral whole.
Math.
a. That is, or is denoted by, a whole number; involving only whole numbers, not fractional. M17.
b. Relating to or involving integrals (see sense B.4 below) or integration. E18.
integral calculus: see CALCULUS 1. integral sign the sign placed before the integrand, denoting an integral.
b. noun.
An entire or undivided thing; a whole. Now only as a fig. use of sense 4, a total sum. E17.
Nature What is seen in a sun-spot is the integral..of all that is taking place..in many thousand miles of solar atmosphere.
An integral part or element; a constituent, a component. M-L17.
Grammar. A word or part of speech that expresses a distinct notion rather than a relation between notions. L17-M19.
Math. An expression of which a given function is a derivative, and which expresses the area under the curve of the graph of the given function. Also, a function which satisfies a given differential equation. E18.
definite integral: see DEFINITE adjective. indefinite integral: see INDEFINITE adjective. particular integral: see PARTICULAR adjective.
inte'grality noun E17.
integrally adverb L15.