integral : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: integral	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for integral
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
integral adj existing as an essential constituent or characteristic; "the Ptolemaic system with its built-in concept of periodicity"; "a constitutional inability to tell the truth" Synonym(s): built-in, constitutional, inbuilt, inherent, integral 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" Synonym(s): integral, entire, intact of or denoted by an integer n the result of a mathematical integration; F(x) is the integral of f(x) if dF/dx = f(x)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Integral \In"tegral\, a. [Cf. F. int[82]gral. See {Integer}.] 1. Lacking nothing of completeness; complete; perfect; uninjured; whole; entire. A local motion keepeth bodies integral. --Bacon. 2. Essential to completeness; constituent, as a part; pertaining to, or serving to form, an integer; integrant. Ceasing to do evil, and doing good, are the two great integral* parts that complete this duty. --South. 3. (Math.) (a) Of, pertaining to, or being, a whole number or undivided quantity; not fractional. (b) Pertaining to, or proceeding by, integration; as, the integral calculus. {Integral calculus}. See under {Calculus}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Integral \In"te*gral\, n. 1. A whole; an entire thing; a whole number; an individual. 2. (Math.) An expression which, being differentiated, will produce a given differential. See differential {Differential}, and {Integration}. Cf. {Fluent}. {Elliptic integral}, one of an important class of integrals, occurring in the higher mathematics; -- so called because one of the integrals expresses the length of an arc of an ellipse.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fluent \Flu"ent\, n. 1. A current of water; a stream. [Obs.] 2. [Cf. F. fluente.] (Math.) A variable quantity, considered as increasing or diminishing; -- called, in the modern calculus, the {function} or {integral}.