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Meaning of 'integral' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Integral [ a.]
- Lacking nothing of completeness; complete; perfect; uninjured; whole; entire.
- Essential to completeness; constituent, as a part; pertaining to, or serving to form, an integer; integrant.
- Of, pertaining to, or being, a whole number or undivided quantity; not fractional.
- Pertaining to, or proceeding by, integration; as, the integral calculus.
2 . Integral [ n.]
- A whole; an entire thing; a whole number; an individual.
- An expression which, being differentiated, will produce a given differential. See differential Differential, and Integration. Cf. Fluent.

Meaning of 'integral' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . integral [ s]
Meaning (1):
- existing as an essential constituent or characteristic
Example in sentence:
  • a constitutional inability to tell the truth;
  • the Ptolemaic system with its built-in concept of periodicity
Meaning (2):
- constituting the undiminished entirety; lacking nothing essential especially not damaged
Example in sentence:
  • a local motion keepeth bodies integral;
  • fought to keep the union intact;
  • was able to keep the collection entire during his lifetime

Nearby Words:

intact intactable intactible intagli intagliated intaglio intaglius intail intake intaminated

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