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integral (adj.)

late 15c., "of or pertaining to a whole; intrinsic, belonging as a part to a whole," from Old French intégral (14c.), from Medieval Latin integralis "forming a whole," from Latin integer "whole" (see integer). Related: Integrally. As a noun, 1610s, from the adjective.

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integer (n.)

"a whole number" (as opposed to a fraction), 1570s, from noun use of Latin integer (adj.) "intact, whole, complete," figuratively, "untainted, upright," literally "untouched," from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + root of tangere "to touch" (from PIE root *tag- "to touch, handle"). The word was used earlier in English as an adjective in the Latin sense, "whole, entire" (c. 1500).

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Definitions of integral
1
integral (adj.)
existing as an essential constituent or characteristic;
Synonyms: built-in / constitutional / inbuilt / inherent
integral (adj.)
constituting the undiminished entirety; lacking nothing essential especially not damaged; "a local motion keepeth bodies integral"- Bacon;
Synonyms: entire / intact
integral (adj.)
of or denoted by an integer;
2
integral (n.)
the result of a mathematical integration; F(x) is the integral of f(x) if dF/dx = f(x);
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