integral

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French integral, from Medieval Latin integralis, from Latin integer (“entire”); see integer.

Pronunciation

• Noun
• (UK) enPR: ĭnʹtĭ-grəl, IPA^(key): /ˈɪntɪɡɹəl/
• (US) enPR: ĭnʹtə-grəl, IPA^(key): /ˈɪntəɡɹəl/

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• Adjective

Dictionaries give the same pronunciation as for the noun, but the adjective is often pronounced with the accent on the second syllable:

• (UK, US) enPR: ĭn-tĕgʹrəl, IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɛɡɹəl/

• Audio (UK)

  (file)

Adjective

integral (comparative more integral, superlative most integral)

1. Constituting a whole together with other parts or factors; not omittable or removable
   • South

     Ceasing to do evil, and doing good, are the two great integral parts that complete this duty.

2. (mathematics) Of, pertaining to, or being an integer.
3. (mathematics) Relating to integration.
4. (obsolete) Whole; undamaged.
   • Francis Bacon

     A local motion keepeth bodies integral.

Noun

integral (plural integrals)

1. (mathematics) A number, the limit of the sums computed in a process in which the domain of a function is divided into small subsets and a possibly nominal value of the function on each subset is multiplied by the measure of that subset, all these products then being summed.

   The integral of on is .

2. (mathematics) Antiderivative

   The integral of is plus a constant.

Anagrams

• Triangle, alerting, altering, relating, tanglier, teraglin, triangle

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin integralis, from Latin integer.

Adjective

integral (masculine and feminine plural integrals)

1. integral

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin integralis, from Latin integer.

Adjective

integral m (feminine singular integrale, masculine plural integraux, feminine plural integrales)

1. integral, necessary to the function of the whole
2. whole; entire

References

• integral on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330-1500) (in French)

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin integralis, from Latin integer (“entire; untouched”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌĩ.t̪e.ˈɡɾaw/
• Hyphenation: in‧te‧gral

Adjective

integral m, f (plural integrais, comparable)

1. integral; whole; entire
2. (of food) whole (from which none of its constituents has been removed)

Noun

integral f (plural integrais)

1. (mathematics) integral (limits of sums)
2. (mathematics) antiderivative

Etymology

Borrowed from French intégral, Medieval Latin integralis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in.teˈɡral/

Adjective

integral m, n (feminine singular integrală, masculine plural integrali, feminine and neuter plural integrale)

1. integral

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin integralis, from Latin integer (“entire”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inteˈɡɾal/, [ĩn̪t̪eˈɣɾal]

Adjective

integral (plural integrales)

1. integral
2. whole
3. brown (rice)
4. wholegrain

Noun

integral f (plural integrales)

1. (mathematics) integral

Further reading

• “integral” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Noun

integral c

1. (mathematics) integral

Etymology

Borrowed from French intégral.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [in.tɛɟ.ˈɾal]

Noun

integral (definite accusative integrali, plural integraller)

1. (mathematics) integral