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Integral

Integral Meaning & Definition
Integral Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Integral?

[n] the result of a mathematical integration; F(x) is the integral of f(x) if dF/dx = f(x)
[adj] 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"
[adj] existing as an essential constituent or characteristic; "the Ptolemaic system with its built-in concept of periodicity"; "a constitutional inability to tell the truth"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Integral: built-in | constitutional | entire | inbuilt | inherent | intact | intrinsic | intrinsical | whole

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See Also | calculation | computation | definite integral | figuring | indefinite integral | reckoning

Integral In Webster's Dictionary

\In"te*gral\, a. [Cf. F. int['e]gral. See {Integer}.] 1. Lacking nothing of completeness; complete; perfect; uninjured; whole; entire. A local motion keepeth bodies integral. --Bacon. 2. Essential to completeness; constituent, as a part; pertaining to, or serving to form, an integer; integrant. Ceasing to do evil, and doing good, are the two great integral parts that complete this duty. --South. 3. (Math.) (a) Of, pertaining to, or being, a whole number or undivided quantity; not fractional. (b) Pertaining to, or proceeding by, integration; as, the integral calculus. {Integral calculus}. See under {Calculus}.
\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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