integer
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
integer /ˈɪntɪdʒə/
▶noun
- 1 a whole number.
- 2 a thing complete in itself.
– origin C16: from L., ‘intact, whole’, from in- (expressing negation) + the root of tangere ‘to touch’; cf. entire.
'integer' also found in these Oxford entries:
composite
- entire
- factorial
- Fermat's last theorem
- integral
- integrate
- integrity
- mixed number
- whole number
