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Intact vs Integral - What's the difference?

intact | integral |

As adjectives the difference between intact and integral

is that intact is untouched, especially by anything that harms, defiles, or the like; uninjured; whole; undefiled; left complete or entire; not damaged while integral is constituting a whole together with other parts or factors; not omittable or removable.

As a noun integral is

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.

intact

English

Adjective

  • Untouched, especially by anything that harms, defiles, or the like; uninjured; whole; undefiled; left complete or entire; not damaged.
    • I packed my belongings carefully so that they would survive the move intact .
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  • Uncircumcised; commonly used to describe a penis with a foreskin in intactivism.
    • The opposite of a circumcised penis is an intact penis.

    Synonyms

    *(uncircumcised) see also .

    integral

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Constituting a whole together with other parts or factors; not omittable or removable
  • * South
    • Ceasing to do evil, and doing good, are the two great integral parts that complete this duty.
  • (mathematics) Of, pertaining to, or being an integer.
  • (mathematics) Relating to integration.
  • (obsolete) whole; undamaged
  • * Francis Bacon
    • A local motion keepeth bodies integral .

    Synonyms

    * (constituting a whole) immanent, inherent, necessary

    Derived terms

    * integral brick * integral closure * integral cosmology * integral cuboid * integral current * integral curvature * integral curve * integral domain * integral drawing * integral ecology * integral element * integral energy * integral extension * integral fast reactor * integral field unit * integral function * integral geometry * integral graph * integral homology group * integral kernel * integral membrane protein * integral politics * integral polygedron * integral polynomial * integral post-metaphysics * integral psychology * integral transformative practice * integral yoga * integrity

    Related terms

    * integer

    Noun

    (wikipedia integral) (en noun)
  • (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}.
  • (mathematics)
    • The integral of x^2 is \frac{x^3}{3} plus a constant.

    Synonyms

    * (limit of sums) definite integral * (antiderivative) antiderivative, indefinite integral,

    Antonyms

    * (antiderivative) derivative

    Derived terms

    * definite integral * half-integral * improper integral * indefinite integral * integral calculus * integral equation * integral theory * integral transform * integration * Riemann integral * Riemann-Stieltjes integral * Lebesgue integral

    Related terms

    * integer

    Anagrams

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