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integral
/ˈɪntəɡɹəl/
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IN-tuh-gruhl: stress the opening IN.
Use three syllables and a hard g sound. It retains t after the first n; another pronunciation omits that t but keeps the same stress and syllable count.
3 syllables · Stress on syllable 1
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“Music is an integral part of the celebration.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does integral mean?
adjective
- Constituting a whole together with other parts or factors; not omittable or removable.
- Of, pertaining to, or being an integer.
- Relating to integration (“the process of finding the integral [noun] of a function”).
More meanings (8)
adjective
- Being the root of some monic polynomial in A.
- (obsolete) Whole; undamaged.
noun
- One of the two fundamental operations of calculus (the other being differentiation), whereby a function's displacement, area, volume, or other qualities arising from the study of infinitesimal change are quantified, usually defined as a limiting process on a sequence of partial sums. Denoted using a long s: ∫, or a variant thereof.
- Any of several analytic formalizations of this operation: the Riemann integral, the Lebesgue integral, etc.
- A definite integral: the result of the application of such an operation onto a function and a suitable subset of the function's domain: either a number or positive or negative infinity. In the former case, the integral is said to be finite or to converge; in the latter, the integral is said to diverge. In notation, the domain of integration is indicated either below the sign, or, if it is an interval, with its endpoints as sub- and super-scripts, and the function being integrated forming part of the integrand (or, generally, differential form) appearing in front of the integral sign.
- An indefinite integral: the result of the application of such an operation onto a function together with an indefinite domain, yielding a function; a function's antiderivative;
- (historical, obsolete) The fluent of a given fluxion in Newtonian calculus.
proper noun
- Abbreviation of International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory (a satellite of the European Space Agency).
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɪntəɡɹəl/
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Also, I had always accepted certain evils as integral parts of our civilization and never dwelt on them at all.
Free will is an integral part of the science of man, and may be said to constitute its most important chapter.
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The national central banks are an integral part of the ESCB and shall act in accordance with the guidelines and instructions of ECB.
Is there a uniting will, operating in our actions, a something of an integral indivisible kind, which is non-material yet which controls matter?
Flowers appear to best advantage when seen against a background of foliage, and they are then, also, an integral part of the picture.