integral
integral Lexical Profile
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• adjective
Necessary to make a whole complete; essential or fundamental.
"Regular physical exercise is an integral part of maintaining a healthy lifestyle."
Included as part of a whole rather than supplied separately; built-in.
"The compact camera comes with an integral flash and a protective lens cover."
Relating to or denoted by an integer or mathematical integration.
"We must find the integral solutions to this polynomial equation."
• noun
A mathematical function of which a given function is the derivative, or which yields the area under the curve of a graphed function between specified limits.
"In calculus class today, we learned how to evaluate a definite integral to find the area under a curve."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin 'integralis' ('forming a whole'), from Latin 'integer' ('untouched, whole, entire'), formed from 'in-' ('not') and the root of 'tangere' ('to touch').