What does integral mean?

existing as an essential constituent or characteristic; "the Ptolemaic system with its built-in concept of periodicity"; "a constitutional inability to tell the truth" 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" of or denoted by an integer the result of a mathematical integration

What part of speech is integral?

Integral is an adjective and a noun.

How many definitions does integral have?

Integral has 4 definitions across 2 parts of speech (adjective, noun).

Integral Definition & Meaning

integral

adjective

existing as an essential constituent or characteristic; "the Ptolemaic system with its built-in concept of periodicity"; "a constitutional inability to tell the truth"
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"
of or denoted by an integer

noun

the result of a mathematical integration; F(x) is the integral of f(x) if dF/dx = f(x)

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What does integral mean?: existing as an essential constituent or characteristic; "the Ptolemaic system with its built-in concept of periodicity"; "a constitutional inability to tell the truth" 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" of or denoted by an integer the result of a mathematical integration
What part of speech is integral?: Integral is an adjective and a noun.
How many definitions does integral have?: Integral has 4 definitions across 2 parts of speech (adjective, noun).