integration

C2 Topic:People & Society
US /ˌɪn.təˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/ UK /ˌɪn.tɪˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/
noun Freq #20260

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    The process of becoming a full, accepted part of a community, especially for people from a different background.

    The government introduced language classes to help with the integration of new immigrants.

  2. 2
    noun

    The act of combining separate parts into a single whole.

    The merger required the integration of two very different computer systems.

  3. 3
    noun

    In mathematics, the operation of finding the integral of a function.

    Integration is one of the two main operations studied in calculus.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
2 noun · the act of combining... consolidation
Word family
Forms integrations
Derived forms autointegrationbiointegrationcointegrationintegrationalintegrationismintegrationistmalintegrationmisintegrationosseointegrationperintegrationpostintegrationpreintegration
Related forms integerintegrableintegralintegrandintegrateintegrator

Etymology

From French intégration, from Latin integratio. Morphologically integrate + -ion.

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