integerin‧te‧ger /ˈɪntədʒə $ -ər/ noun [countable] technical 
Word Origin
6 is an integer, but 6.4 is not.
Word OriginWORD ORIGINinteger
ExamplesOrigin:
1500-1600 Latin ‘whole, complete’EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
word sets- Firstly, the desire to find good integer solutions so that the enumeration tree can be severely pruned.
- Now suppose there exists an integer a with decompositions as above but in which the pi and qi do not pair off.
- One such form is the short integer.
- Somewhat more satisfactory would be to consider the algebraic numbers those complex numbers which are solutions of algebraic equations with integer coefficients.
- The key all.unit.id effectively defines a generic heading which contains an integer value for each possible component of a textual identifier.
- This can take any integer value between 0 and 100.
- To be rigorous, we should treat this number as an integer.
- When they are combined, these enhancements are expected to increase the SuperSparc-II's floating point to a integer ratio.
WORD SETS► Numbers
Collocationsadd, verbaddition, nounArabic numeral, nounarithmetic progression, nounbi-, prefixbillion, numbercalculate, verbcalculation, nouncardinal, nouncardinal number, nouncoefficient, nouncommon denominator, nounconstant, nouncube, verbcube root, nounD, noundecimal, noundecimal, adjectivedecimal point, noundemi-, prefixdenominator, noundigit, noundivide, verbdividend, noundivisible, adjectivedivision, noundivisor, noundouble-digit, adjectivedouble figures, nouneight, numbereighteen, numbereighth, adjectiveeighty, numbereleven, numberequal, adjectiveequal, verbequals sign, nouneven, adjectiveexponent, nounfactor, nounfactor, verbfactorial, nounfifteen, numberfifth, nounfifty, numberfig., figure, nounfive, numberforty, numberfour, numberfourteen, numberfourth, nounfraction, noungeometric progression, noungross, nounHCF, hundred, numberimproper fraction, nounindivisible, adjectiveinfinity, nouninteger, nounL, nounlogarithm, nounlowest common denominator, nounM, nounmedian, nounmedian, adjectivemillion, numbermultiple, nounmultiplication, nounmultiplication sign, nounmultiplication table, noun-nd, suffixnegative, adjectivenine, numbernineteen, numberninety, numberninth, adjectiveNo., nos., nothing, pronounnought, numbernumber, nounnumeral, nounnumerator, nounnumerical, adjectiveO, nounoblique, nounone, numberordinal number, nounpi, nounplot, verbplus, prepositionpoint, nounpositive, adjectiveprime number, nounproduct, nounproper fraction, nounproportion, nounquadr-, prefixquadrillion, numberquadruple, adjectivequotient, noun-rd, suffixroman numeral, nounroot, nounround, adjectivescore, numbersecond, numberserial number, nounset, nounsingle figures, nounsix, numbersixteen, numbersixty, numbersquare, nounsquare, verbsquared, adjectivesquare root, noun-st, suffixsubtract, verbsum, nountake, verbten, numbertenth, adjectivetertiary, adjectivetetra-, prefixthirteen, numberthirty, numberthousand, numberthree, numberthree-quarter, adjectivethreescore, numbertreble, determinertri-, prefixtrillion, numbertwelve, numbertwenty, numbertwice, adverbunit, nounV, nounvulgar fraction, nounwhole number, nounX, nounzero, number
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► positive
a whole number: · Let n be a positive integer, any one you wish, but fixed once chosen.
NOUN► value· This can take any integer value between 0 and 100.· Numbers up to the maximum integer value may be entered as a decimal constant without any loss of accuracy.· The key all.unit.id effectively defines a generic heading which contains an integer value for each possible component of a textual identifier.· Forcing x r to an integer value reduces the objective function by approximately for the down-problem and for the up-problem.· This tendency remains for small integer values of k, reducing as k increases in size.
6 is an integer, but 6.4 is not.