Dictionary Definition

integrate

1 make into a whole or make part of a whole; "She incorporated his suggestions into her proposal" [syn: incorporate] [ant: disintegrate]

2 open (a place) to members of all races and ethnic groups; "This school is completely desegregated" [syn: desegregate, mix] [ant: segregate]

3 become one; become integrated; "The students at this school integrate immediately, despite their different backgrounds"

4 calculate the integral of; calculate by integration [ant: differentiate]

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integratus, past participle of integrare to make whole, to renew.

To form into one whole; to make entire; to complete; to renew; to restore; to perfect.
To indicate the whole of; to give the sum or total of; as, an integrating anemometer, one that indicates or registers the entire action of the wind in a given time.
To subject to the operation of integration; to find the integral of.
To desegregate, as a school or neighborhood.

to form into one whole

to indicate the whole of

to subject to the operation of integration; to find the integral of

to desegregate, as a school or neighborhood

integrate

Integration is a process of combining or accumulating. It may specifically refer to:

The bringing together of two or more economies, cultures, religions (usually called syncretism), etc.*Social integration
Racial integration, refers to social and cultural behavior; in a legal sense, see desegregation
Political integration, the centralisation of power within a polity
Economic integration
Regional integration
Horizontal integration and vertical integration, in microeconomics and strategic management, refer to a style of ownership and control
Integration clause, in a contract, a term used to declare the contract the final and complete understanding of the parties
Integrated production*Integration, in mathematics, a concept of calculus, is the act of finding integrals
Indefinite integration, in mathematics, refers to antidifferentiation*System integration, the process by which smaller pieces of software are brought together to form a larger piece of software that was designed to solve a problem
Digital integration, in computer science, allows data from one device or software to be read or manipulated by another, resulting in ease of use; see also XML
Enterprise application integration, also known as systems integration, as the use of software and computer systems to bring together a set of enterprise computer applications
IP integration, involving the Internet Protocol*retroviral integration