ˌinteˈgration

/ ˌɪntɪˈɡreɪʃən /

noun

1. the act of combining or adding parts to make a unified whole
2. the act of amalgamating a racial or religious group with an existing community
3. the combination of previously racially segregated social facilities into a nonsegregated system
4. psychol organization into a unified pattern, esp of different aspects of the personality into a hierarchical system of functions
5. the assimilation of nutritive material by the body during the process of anabolism
6. maths an operation used in calculus in which the integral of a function or variable is determined; the inverse of differentiation

Derived Forms

• ˌinteˈgrationist, noun