Definition of integral - WordReference.com Dictionary

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integral
A	noun
	1	integral
			the result of a mathematical integration; F(x) is the integral of f(x) if dF/dx = f(x)
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚process; cognitive process; mental process; operation; cognitive operation ╚higher cognitive process ╚thinking; thought; cerebration; intellection; mentation ╚problem solving ╚calculation; computation; figuring; reckoning ╚integral ╚definite integral ╚indefinite integral
B	adjective
	1	integral, entire, intact
			constituting the undiminished entirety; lacking nothing essential especially not damaged; "a local motion keepeth bodies integral"- Bacon; "was able to keep the collection entire during his lifetime"; "fought to keep the union intact"

	2	built-in, constitutional, inbuilt, inherent, integral
			existing as an essential constituent or characteristic; "the Ptolemaic system with its built-in concept of periodicity"; "a constitutional inability to tell the truth"