integral
in·teg·ral
adjective
1.
existing as an essential constituent or characteristic
- “the Ptolemaic system with its built-in concept of periodicity”
- “a constitutional inability to tell the truth”
2.
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”
noun
1.
the result of a mathematical integration; F(x) is the integral of f(x) if dF/dx = f(x)
Origin
Borrowed from Middle French integral, from Medieval Latin integrālis, from Latin integer (“entire”); see integer.
Phrases
- Barnes integral
- Choquet integral
- contour integral
- definite integral
- double integral
- flux integral
- Hellinger integral
- improper integral
- integral brick
- integral closure
- integral cosmology
- integral cuboid
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