integration
an act or instance of combining into an integral whole.
an act or instance of integrating a racial, religious, or ethnic group.
an act or instance of integrating an organization, place of business, school, etc.
Mathematics. the operation of finding the integral of a function or equation, especially solving a differential equation.
behavior, as of an individual, that is in harmony with the environment.
Psychology. the organization of the constituent elements of the personality into a coordinated, harmonious whole.
Genetics. coadaptation (def. 2).
Origin of integration
1Other words for integration
1 | combination, blending, fusing |
Other words from integration
- an·ti-in·te·gra·tion, adjective
- de-in·te·gra·tion, noun
- non·in·te·gra·tion, noun
- pro·in·te·gra·tion, adjective
- self-in·te·gra·tion, noun
Words Nearby integration
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How to use integration in a sentence
Originally planned for the Tokyo Olympics this summer, Eurosport is speaking to advertisers about potential sponsorship integrations around the technology.
‘We are permanently in beta’: European sports broadcasting is still in a coronavirus-forced state of reinvention | Lara O'Reilly | September 15, 2020 | DigidayTiTok has been a real leader in developing the western model of this but its the integration with retail that’s missing at the moment, but one that’s very prevalent in China and Southeast Asia.
‘Retailers are media owners in their own right’: Why e-commerce is driving more of Unilever’s media spend | Seb Joseph | September 9, 2020 | DigidaySmaller integrations and partnered landing pages are also making an impact on registering people to vote.
‘Hard to say what flips the switch’: Publishers are building voter hubs to spread information, grow engagement | Kayleigh Barber | September 8, 2020 | DigidayThe integration asking me to go for a roll was a welcome addition.
Smart Watches Could Do More For Wheelchair Users | John Loeppky | September 4, 2020 | FiveThirtyEight“Furthering the integration between work and life has positively impacted our staff,” she said.
As for his harsh—some might even say paranoid—opposition to European integration, “most of us would support him.”
Vaclav Klaus, Libertarian Hero, Has His Wings Clipped by Cato Institute | James Kirchick | December 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd the capital city is a veritable utopia of acceptance and integration.
Harkin introduced the Community integration Act earlier this year.
Medicaid Will Give You Money for At-Home Care, but You Might Wait Years | Elizabeth Picciuto | December 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe was with James Meredith during the violent insurrection that followed the integration of the University of Mississippi in 1962.
Honoring The Late John Doar, A Nearly Forgotten Hero Of The Civil Rights Era | Gary May | November 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt opposes global capitalism, European integration and Zionism.
In Hands of Hungarian Artist, Jewish Home Movies of the ’30s a Warning of Coming Holocaust | Daniel Genis | October 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAgain, by integration, the mean resistance can be shown to be one-sixth of the resistance of the line.
In respect to the first head there is a well-marked “integration” of the modes for meeting the cost of the public services.
The result is obtained by a real integration, confirmed as usual by a proof by the method of exhaustion.
Archimedes | Thomas Little HeathThe growth of larger and larger groups out of the integration of these village centres.
Freedom Through Disobedience | C. R. (Chittaranjan) DasThis is what is called integration, and is the business of the mathematician.
British Dictionary definitions for integration
/ (ˌɪntɪˈɡreɪʃən) /
the act of combining or adding parts to make a unified whole
the act of amalgamating a racial or religious group with an existing community
the combination of previously racially segregated social facilities into a nonsegregated system
psychol organization into a unified pattern, esp of different aspects of the personality into a hierarchical system of functions
the assimilation of nutritive material by the body during the process of anabolism
maths an operation used in calculus in which the integral of a function or variable is determined; the inverse of differentiation
Derived forms of integration
- integrationist, noun
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Scientific definitions for integration
[ ĭn′tĭ-grā′shən ]
In calculus, the process of calculating an integral. Integration is the inverse of differentiation, since integrating a given function results in a function whose derivative is the given function. Integration is used in the calculation of such things as the areas and volumes of irregular shapes and solids. Compare differentiation.
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Cultural definitions for integration
The free association of people from different racial and ethnic backgrounds (see ethnicity); a goal of the civil rights movement to overcome policies of segregation that have been practiced in the United States.
Notes for integration
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