integration

[ in-ti-grey-shuhn ]

/ ˌɪn tɪˈgreɪ ʃən /

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noun

an act or instance of combining into an integral whole.

an act or instance of integrating a racial, religious, or ethnic group.

an act or instance of integrating an organization, place of business, school, etc.

Mathematics. the operation of finding the integral of a function or equation, especially solving a differential equation.

behavior, as of an individual, that is in harmony with the environment.

Psychology. the organization of the constituent elements of the personality into a coordinated, harmonious whole.

Genetics. coadaptation (def. 2).

OTHER WORDS FOR integration

1 combination, blending, fusing.

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Origin of integration

1610–20; integrate + -ion; compare Latin integrātiō renewal

OTHER WORDS FROM integration

an·ti-in·te·gra·tion, adjectivede-in·te·gra·tion, nounnon·in·te·gra·tion, nounpro·in·te·gra·tion, adjective

self-in·te·gra·tion, noun

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How to use integration in a sentence

We see detoxing as a path to transcendence, a symbol of modern urban virtue and self-transformation through abstinence.
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For someone with anorexia, self-starvation makes them feel better.
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I went into the audition as Fericito, the Venezuelan percussionist, and then I did a self-defense expert.
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Those who come to the Dinner Party are self-selecting; they do want to talk about it.
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Let the thought of self pass in, and the beauty of great action is gone, like the bloom from a soiled flower.
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Now this setting up of an orderly law-abiding self seems to me to imply that there are impulses which make for order.
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At present, Louis was too self-absorbed by the struggles within him, to look deep into what was passing around him.
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But to wave this discourse of Heathens, how many self-contradicting principles are there held among Christians?
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Jean grinned and dribbled self-consciously, and showed his two little teeth to the proudest father in the world.
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British Dictionary definitions for integration

integration

/ (ˌɪntɪˈɡreɪʃən) /

noun

the act of combining or adding parts to make a unified whole

the act of amalgamating a racial or religious group with an existing community

the combination of previously racially segregated social facilities into a nonsegregated system

psychol organization into a unified pattern, esp of different aspects of the personality into a hierarchical system of functions

the assimilation of nutritive material by the body during the process of anabolism

maths an operation used in calculus in which the integral of a function or variable is determined; the inverse of differentiation

Derived forms of integration

integrationist, noun

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Scientific definitions for integration

integration

[ ĭn′tĭ-grā′shən ]

In calculus, the process of calculating an integral. Integration is the inverse of differentiation, since integrating a given function results in a function whose derivative is the given function. Integration is used in the calculation of such things as the areas and volumes of irregular shapes and solids. Compare differentiation.

Cultural definitions for integration

integration

The free association of people from different racial and ethnic backgrounds (see ethnicity); a goal of the civil rights movement to overcome policies of segregation that have been practiced in the United States.

notes for integration

Those favoring integration of schools by such forceful means as busing or affirmative action have frequently argued that integration of schools will lead to integration of society as a whole. (See separate but equal.)

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