integral

(ĭnˈtĭ-grəl, ĭn-tĕgˈrəl)

1. Essential or necessary for completeness; constituent: The kitchen is an integral part of a house.
2. Possessing everything essential; entire.
3. (ĭnˈtĭ-grəl) Mathematics
   a. Expressed or expressible as or in terms of integers.
   b. Expressed as or involving integrals.

1. A complete unit; a whole.
2. (ĭnˈtĭ-grəl) Mathematics
   a. A number computed by a limiting process in which the domain of a function, often an interval or planar region, is divided into arbitrarily small units, the value of the function at a point in each unit is multiplied by the linear or areal measurement of that unit, and all such products are summed.
   b. A definite integral.
   c. An indefinite integral.

Related Forms:

• inˌte·gralˈi·ty (-grălˈĭ-tē) noun

• inˈte·gral·ly adverb