Definition of integration Integration

/ɪˌntʌgɹejˈʃʌn/ - [intugreyshun] - in•te•gra•tion

We found 14 definitions of integration from 6 different sources.

What does integration mean?

Noun Plural: integrations
integration - the action of incorporating a racial or religious group into a community
		integrating, desegregation
		group action action taken by a group of people
integration - an operation used in the calculus whereby the integral of a function is determined
		mathematical operation, mathematical process, operation (mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods; "the problems at the end of the chapter demonstrated the mathematical processes involved in the derivation"; "they were learning the basic operations of arithmetic"
integration - the act of combining into an integral whole; "a consolidation of two corporations"; "after their consolidation the two bills were passed unanimously"; "the defendants asked for a consolidation of the actions against them"
		consolidation
		compounding, combining, combination an occurrence that results in things being united
		centralisation, centralization gathering to a center
		incorporation including by incorporating
		amalgamation, merger, uniting the combination of two or more commercial companies
		vertical combination, vertical integration absorption into a single firm of several firms involved in all aspects of a product's manufacture from raw materials to distribution

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integration (Noun)
The act or process of making whole or entire.
integration (Noun)
The process of fitting into a community, notably applied to 'visible' ethnic, immigrant... minorities.
integration (Noun)
The operation of finding the integral of a function.
integration (Noun)
In evolution, the process by which the manifold is compacted into the relatively simple and permanent; supposed to alternate with differentiation as an agent in species' development.

integration (n.)
The act or process of making whole or entire.
integration (n.)
The operation of finding the primitive function which has a given function for its differential coefficient. See Integral.
integration (n.)
In the theory of evolution: The process by which the manifold is compacted into the relatively simple and permanent. It is supposed to alternate with differentiation as an agent in development.

integration
Someone's insertion into a society or a group.
integration
A process that is usually used to find a measure of totality such as area, volume, mass, displacement, etc., when its distribution or rate of change with respect to some other quantity (position, time, etc.) is specified.