Integral - Definition
integral
adj 1: existing as an essential constituent or characteristic;
"the Ptolemaic system with its built-in concept of
periodicity"; "a constitutional inability to tell the
truth" [syn: built-in, constitutional, inbuilt,
inherent, integral]
2: 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" [syn: integral, entire, intact]
3: of or denoted by an integer
n 1: the result of a mathematical integration; F(x) is the
integral of f(x) if dF/dx = f(x)