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Term: Integral

Part of Speech: Adjective

Sense 1:

Definition: Necessary to make a whole complete; essential or fundamental.

Example Sentence: The support of family is integral to one's well-being.

Sense 2:

Definition: Important in forming a whole or influencing the outcome of something.

Example Sentence: Good nutrition is integral to a healthy lifestyle.

Sense 3:

Definition: Relating to or performed by integration.

Example Sentence: He found the integral solution to the mathematical problem.

Part of Speech: Noun

Sense 1:

Definition: A whole number; an integer.

Example Sentence: The calculation involves solving definite integrals.

Sense 2:

Definition: A function of which a given function is the derivative.

Example Sentence: The integral of velocity over time gives displacement.

Part of Speech: Mathematics

Sense 1:

Definition: The result of a mathematical integration.

Example Sentence: The integral of x^2 with respect to x is equal to (1/3)x^3 + C.

Sense 2:

Definition: The calculus operation used to find the integral of a function.

Example Sentence: She used integration to solve the complex mathematical problem.