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Integral vs Integrous - What's the difference?

integral | integrous |

As adjectives the difference between integral and integrous

is that integral is constituting a whole together with other parts or factors; not omittable or removable while integrous is having or characterized by integrity.

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.

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

    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

    Anagrams

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    integrous

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (rare) Having or characterized by integrity.
  • * 1899 , Arthur Christopher Benson, The Life of Edward White Benson, Sometime Archbishop of Canterbury , page 435 (Macmillan)
  • No doubt hard, no doubt proud, unpleasant in self-esteem, and singularly blind to much of what was going on, and yet such a high-minded and integrous woman, […]
  • * 1968 , Joseph Frank, Hobbled Pegasus: A Descriptive Bibliography of Minor English Poetry, 1641–1660 , page 221 (University of New Mexico Press)
  • And Smiths of Policie shall invent,
    To cast new Molds of Government;
    While vulgar Birds, of weakest wing,
    Grow stout against the Eagle King,
    Whose just integrous heart shall prove
    The Adamant of Subjects love.
  • * 2007 , Tanya Levin, People in Glass Houses: An Insider’s Story of a Life in and Out of Hillsong , pages 266–267] ([http://www.blackincbooks.com/blinc/home/ Black Inc.; ISBN 1863954147, 978-1863954143)
  • He concluded by writing that ‘Hillsong is the most integrous church in the country, and its leadership is above reproach’.

    Usage notes

    * In common usage, integrity is much more common than its adjectival form, .

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