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integral

Academic Word List, sublist 9.

About 14.07 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Constituting a whole together with other parts or factors; not omittable or removable.
  2. adjective Of, pertaining to, or being an integer.
  3. adjective Relating to integration (“the process of finding the integral [noun] of a function”).
  4. adjective Being the root of some monic polynomial in A.
  5. adjective Whole; undamaged.
  6. noun One of the two fundamental operations of calculus (the other being differentiation), whereby a function's displacement, area, volume, or other qualities arising from the study of infinitesimal change are quantified, usually defined as a limiting process on a sequence of partial sums. Denoted using a long s: ∫, or a variant thereof.
    The integral of a univariate real-valued function is the area under its curve; but be warned! Not all functions are integrable!
  7. noun Any of several analytic formalizations of this operation: the Riemann integral, the Lebesgue integral, etc.
  8. noun A definite integral: the result of the application of such an operation onto a function and a suitable subset of the function's domain: either a number or positive or negative infinity. In the former case, the integral is said to be finite or to converge; in the latter, the integral is said to diverge. In notation, the domain of integration is indicated either below the sign, or, if it is an interval, with its endpoints as sub- and super-scripts, and the function being integrated forming part of the integrand (or, generally, differential form) appearing in front of the integral sign.
    The integral of 1x on [12,1] is ln⁡(2), but the integral of the same function on (0,1] diverges. In notation, ∫1211xdx=ln⁡(2), but ∫011xdx=∞.

Similar words

built-in inbuilt intrinsical intrinsic constitutional inherent entire whole intact constituent

Often followed by

part to of parts is and equation in equations

Word family

integralities integrality integrally integrals

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