integration

Integration is defined as mixing things or people together that were formerly separated.

(noun)

An example of integration is when the schools were desegregated and there were no longer separate public schools for African Americans.

See integration in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

an integrating or being integrated
☆ the bringing of different racial or ethnic groups into free and equal association
Math. the process of finding an integral when given a quantity or function that is the derivative or differential of that integral
Psychol. the organization of various traits, feelings, attitudes, etc. into one harmonious personality

Origin: L integratio

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See integration in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

a. The act or process of integrating.
b. The state of becoming integrated.
The bringing of people of different racial or ethnic groups into unrestricted and equal association, as in society or an organization; desegregation.
Psychology The organization of the psychological or social traits and tendencies of a personality into a harmonious whole.
Mathematics The process of computing an integral; the inverse of differentiation.
Electronics The process of placing more than one integrated circuit on a single chip.

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