constant of integration

American  

noun

Mathematics.

1. a constant that is added to the function obtained by evaluating the indefinite integral of a given function, indicating that all indefinite integrals of the given function differ by, at most, a constant.

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Example Sentences

Notice that, in this case, the constant of integration with respect to x is a function of y and z.

From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016

This constant of integration is, in a sense, a variable.

From Ye of Little Faith by Graham, Roger Phillips

The axis of x is fixed only in direction; shifting it parallel to itself adds a constant to Y, and this gives the arbitrary constant of integration.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various