integration English · revision 6412

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1620|origins=la integer}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˌɪn.tɪˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/ ''(UK)''; /ˌɪn.təˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|fr|intégration]] or directly [[bor|la-lat|integrātio|t=renewal, restoration]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(SOED 2002) from [[m|la|integro|alt=integrāre|t=to make whole; to renew]] (see [[integrate]]), from [[m|la|integer|t=whole]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The making up of a whole by combining its parts: 1620 in the OED, the 1610s in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ In mathematics, finding the integral of a function is from 1727–41.^(OED 1989) In psychology, the combining of diverse parts into a complex whole is from 1855.^(OED 1989) The social sense, bringing groups previously kept apart into equal membership of society, opposed to [[segregation]], is from 1934 in Etymonline, 1940 in the OED.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) The joining of nations or economies follows.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1620 – combining parts into a whole.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1727 – in mathematics.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1855 – in psychology.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1934 – racial integration.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The act of combining parts into a whole.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The bringing of people of different races or groups into equal membership of a society; [[desegregation]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(mathematics)'' The process of finding an [[integral]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[reintegration]]

+ * [[integrationist]]

+ * [[integral calculus]]

+ * [[constant of integration]]

+ * [[integration by parts]]

+ * [[large-scale integration]]

+ * [[medium-scale integration]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[integer]]

+ * [[integrable]]

+ * [[integral]]

+ * [[integrand]]

+ * [[integrate]]

+ * [[integrator]]

+ * [[integrity]]

+ * [[disintegration]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}