Integration vs. Integral

Integration vs. Integral — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Integration and Integral

Integrationnoun

The act or process of making whole or entire.

Integraladjective

Constituting a whole together with other parts or factors; not omittable or removable

Integrationnoun

(society) The process of fitting into a community, notably applied to 'visible' (ethnic, immigrant...) minorities

Integraladjective

(mathematics) Of, pertaining to, or being an integer.

Integrationnoun

(calculus) The operation of finding the integral of a function.

Integraladjective

(mathematics) Relating to integration.

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Integrationnoun

(biology) In evolution, the process by which the manifold is compacted into the relatively simple and permanent; supposed to alternate with differentiation as an agent in species' development.

Integraladjective

(obsolete) Whole; undamaged.

Integrationnoun

The combination with compatible elements in order to incorporate them.

Integralnoun

(mathematics) A number, the limit of the sums computed in a process in which the domain of a function is divided into small subsets and a possibly nominal value of the function on each subset is multiplied by the measure of that subset, all these products then being summed.

The integral of x\mapsto x^2 on [0,1] is \frac{1}{3}.

Integrationnoun

the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community

Integralnoun

(mathematics) Antiderivative

The integral of x^2 is \frac{x^3}{3} plus a constant.
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Integrationnoun

the act of combining into an integral whole;

a consolidation of two corporationsafter their consolidation the two bills were passed unanimouslythe defendants asked for a consolidation of the actions against them

Integralnoun

the result of a mathematical integration; F(x) is the integral of f(x) if dF/dx = f(x)

Integrationnoun

an operation used in the calculus whereby the integral of a function is determined

Integraladjective

existing as an essential constituent or characteristic;

the Ptolemaic system with its built-in concept of periodicitya constitutional inability to tell the truth

Integraladjective

constituting the undiminished entirety; lacking nothing essential especially not damaged;

a local motion keepeth bodies integralwas able to keep the collection entire during his lifetimefought to keep the union intact