integers

Cultural  

1. The whole numbers, plus their counterparts less than zero, and zero. The negative integers are those less than zero (–1, –2, –3, and so on); the positive integers are those greater than zero (1, 2, 3, and so on).

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Example Sentences

Quantum computers can be used to solve problems that even supercomputers can only solve after a very long time or not at all, such as breaking down large integers into prime factors.

From Science Daily • Nov. 27, 2024

All real numbers that cannot be represented by a fraction of two integers are irrational.

From Scientific American • May 23, 2023

It is the same with the natural numbers and the integers.

From Scientific American • May 23, 2023

“I’m so used to this kudzu sprawl of figurative language,” she said, “and simple can feel like ‘see spot run,’ but there are simple words like prime integers that carry so much meaning when sung.”

From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2023

He kissed me and I felt actual euphoria, like all my senses had merged and I was reduced to breaths and heartbeats and repeating integers.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi