integrand

American

[in-ti-grand] / ˈɪn tɪˌgrænd /

noun

Mathematics.

the expression to be integrated.

integrand British

/ ˈɪntɪˌɡrænd /

noun

a mathematical function to be integrated

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integrand Scientific

/ ĭn′tĭ-grănd′ /

A function to be integrated.

Etymology

Origin of integrand

1895–1900; < Latin integrandum, noun use of neuter of integrandus, gerund of integrāre to integrate

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It does this by expressing the massive high-dimensional dataset of the integrand as a sequence of smaller connected pieces.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 15, 2026

The integrand of a surface integral can be a scalar function or a vector field.

From Textbooks ● Mar. 30, 2016

In the next example, we find a substitution that makes the integrand much simpler to compute.

From Textbooks ● Mar. 30, 2016

We choose u = 3x2 + 4 because then du = 6xdx, and we already have du in the integrand.

From Textbooks ● Mar. 30, 2016

We choose u = 3x2 + 4. because then du = 6xdx., and we already have du in the integrand.

From Textbooks ● Mar. 30, 2016

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