Integer vs Integers - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between integer and integers

is that integer is (arithmetic) an element of the infinite and numerable set {,-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3,} while integers is (mathematics).

(wikipedia integer)

(en noun)

(arithmetic) An element of the infinite and numerable set {...,-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3,...}.

* whole number, when understood to include negative numbers and zero.

* rational number ** real number * Gaussian integer ** quadratic integer *** algebraic integer **** algebraic number

* natural number * zero

* algebraic integer * quadratic integer

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(mathematics)

(mathematics, pluralonly) The smallest ring containing the natural numbers; the set {... -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3 ...} .

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