integeradj.n.
/ˈɪntɪdʒə/ A. adj. (Now rare or Obsolete)† 1. Having no part taken away or wanting; whole, entire: = integral adj. 3. Obsolete.† 2. Marked by moral integrity; honest, upright. Obsolete.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > [adjective]
wholelOE
entirec1430
integera1509
integral1611
a1509 T. Wolsey Let. to Henry VII in Lett. Richard III (Rolls) I. App. 443 Wher I seyd that the emperors m...he dote of thre hunderyth thousan..should..have the seyd integyr dote in effect and equyvalen..[MS. imperf.]
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1644 J. Vicars Jehovah-jireh 108 The faire face of their best and most integer proceedings.
3. Mathematics. Denoting a whole thing or number of whole things; denoted by a whole number; ‘whole’, not fractional: = integral adj. 4a. Now rare or Obsolete.
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the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > [adjective] > prime > whole
whole?c1425
round1607
brown1611
integral1658
integer1660
1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall xii I had..found that..14 and 1 be the nearest of small integer numbers that express the proportion between the specifick gravities of quicksilver and water.
1806 C. Hutton Course Math. (ed. 5) I. 52 A whole or integer number may be expressed like a fraction, by writing 1 below it, as a denominator.
1833 J. F. W. Herschel Astronomy ii. 79 To keep the reckoning of the integer days correct..is the object of the calendar.
B. n.
1. Mathematics. A number or quantity denoting one or more whole things or units; a whole number or undivided quantity. Opposed to fraction.
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the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > [noun] > particular qualities > whole
unitya1398
integer1571
integrum1594
roundnessa1654
unit1679
lateral1706
natural number1763
natural1971
1571 T. Digges in L. Digges's Geom. Pract.: Pantometria v. sig. V ij v The containing circles Semidimetient being very nighe 1119/ 21 for exactly nether by integer nor fraction it can be expressed.
1675 J. Ogilby Britannia Pref. 4 Not regarding the Fractional Parts of a Mile, but taking the lesser Integer.
1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus iii. xi. 104/2 The Fraction will become..an Integer.
1875 I. Todhunter Algebra for Schools (ed. 7) lii Theory of Numbers. Throughout the present Chapter the word number is used as an abbreviation for positive integer.
2. A particular quantity of any kind (as money, weight, length, etc.) taken as the unit of measurement. Now rare or Obsolete.
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the world > relative properties > measurement > [noun] > that by which one measures > thing or quantity taken as unit of measurement
measure1612
standard1748
integer1822
1822 J. Flint Lett. from Amer. 50 The dollar is the integer of money in the United States.
1827 M. Faraday Chem. Manip. iii. 67 Two integers..the pint and the cubic inch.
1868 E. Seyd Bullion (1880) 146 The Carat serves as the Integer.
3. gen. (often with allusion to 1): A whole or entire thing or entity, either as complete in itself, or as the sum of its parts or elements.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > [noun] > that which is whole
integral1620
integrity1620
wholenessa1681
unitarya1842
integera1848
a1848 R. W. Hamilton Rewards & Punishm. (1853) v. 202 The soul is the integer of the man.
1859 A. Helps Friends in Council New Ser. II. viii. 150 You would never amongst you all make up the noble integer.
1875 E. White Life in Christ (1878) i. iii. 23 Death is followed by the speedy dissipation of the combined elements which formed the organism..The Integer, the Animal which resulted from the former combination, is no more.
1899 R. C. Temple Univ. Gram. 4 Functionally a word is either—(1) An integer, or a sentence in itself.
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