integer

[ in-ti-jer ]
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noun
  1. Mathematics. one of the positive or negative numbers 1, 2, 3, etc., or zero.: Compare whole number.

  2. a complete entity.

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Origin of integer

1
First recorded in 1500–10; from Latin: “untouched, undivided, whole, fresh,” equivalent to in- negative prefix + -teg- (combining form of tag-, root of tangere “to touch”) + -er adjective suffix; see in-3

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Opposites for integer

Other words from integer

  • non·in·te·ger, noun

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How to use integer in a sentence

  • A girl bound for college became immediately an integer with which a young man who had not yet mislaid his diploma could reckon.

    A Hoosier Chronicle | Meredith Nicholson
  • But just before the catastrophe one man, integer vitae scelerisque purus, sees the truth.

    The Longest Journey | E. M. Forster
  • In my former book I handled Japan as an integer, avoiding implications.

    The Pacific Triangle | Sydney Greenbie
  • Korea might just as well be an integer of the Japanese Empire.

    The Pacific Triangle | Sydney Greenbie
  • Hence, it is of the utmost importance that China remain an integer.

    The Pacific Triangle | Sydney Greenbie

British Dictionary definitions for integer

integer

/ (ˈɪntɪdʒə) /


noun
  1. any rational number that can be expressed as the sum or difference of a finite number of units, being a member of the set …–3, –2, –1, 0, 1, 2, 3…

  2. an individual entity or whole unit

Origin of integer

1
C16: from Latin: untouched, entire, from tangere to touch

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Scientific definitions for integer

integer

[ ĭntĭ-jər ]


  1. A positive or negative whole number or zero. The numbers 4, -876, and 5,280 are all integers.

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