Definition of integers Integers

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Noun Plural: integers
integer - any of the natural numbers (positive or negative) or zero; "an integer is a number that is not a fraction"
		whole number
		number an item of merchandise offered for sale; "she preferred the black nylon number"; "this sweater is an all-wool number"
		characteristic a distinguishing quality
		divisor, factor the number by which a dividend is divided
		common multiple an integer that is a multiple of two or more other integers
		modulus (physics) a coefficient that expresses how much of a specified property is possessed by a specified substance
		digit, figure a finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebrates
		large integer an integer equal to or greater than ten
		double digit a two-digit integer; from 10 to 99

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

integer (n.)
A complete entity; a whole number, in contradistinction to a fraction or a mixed number.

integer
in′te-jėr, n. that which is left untouched or undiminished, a whole: (arith.) a whole number, as opposed to a fraction.—adj. In′tegral, entire or whole: not fractional: unimpaired: intrinsic, belonging as a part to the whole.—n. a whole: the whole as made up of its parts.—adv. In′tegrally.—adj. In′tegrant, making part of a whole: necessary to form an integer or an entire thing.—v.t. In′tegrāte, to make up as a whole: to make entire: to renew.—n. Integrā′tion.—Integral function (algebra), a function which does not include the operation of division in any of its terms (see Function). [L.,—in, not, root of tangĕre, to touch.]