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integral
[in-ti-gruhl, in-teg-ruhl]
adjective
of, relating to, or belonging as a part of the whole; constituent or component.
integral parts.
necessary to the completeness of the whole.
This point is integral to his plan.
Synonyms: , ,consisting or composed of parts that together constitute a whole.
entire; complete; whole.
the integral works of a writer.
Arithmetic.pertaining to or being an integer; not fractional.
Mathematics.pertaining to or involving integrals.
noun
an integral whole.
Mathematics.
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.
a primitive.
any of several analogous quantities.
integral
/ ˌɪԳɪˈɡæɪɪ /
adjective
(often foll by to) being an essential part (of); intrinsic (to)
intact; entire
formed of constituent parts; united
maths
of or involving an integral
involving or being an integer
noun
ʃ.maths 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 )
a complete thing; whole
integral
Involving or expressed as an integer or integers.
Other 51Թ Forms
- integrality noun
- integrally adverb
- unintegral adjective
- unintegrally adverb
- ˈԳٱ adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
Universities depend on the full tuition fees paid by international students and see Chinese and other foreign students as integral to their academic operations and missions to foster diverse campuses.
Unlike periods and commas, em dashes aren’t integral to sentence structure; they’re a considered choice that can, but by no means have to, take the place of commas, parentheses and semicolons.
“He was a visionary who was integral in the founding and the spirit of Outside Lands. Everyone in the Another Planet family will miss him dearly.”
“He does not see that calming role as being very integral to what he does,” said Julian Zelizer, a Princeton historian and author of a book on Trump’s first term.
Outrageousness is an integral part of his sensibility, as his plays “Barbecue” and “Bootycandy” have made unabashedly clear.
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