integration

noun
/ˌɪn.tɪˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/UK/ˌɪn.təˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/CA/ˌɪn.təˈɡɹæɪ.ʃən/

Etymology

From French intégration, from Latin integratio. Morphologically integrate + -ion.

  1. derived from integratio
  2. derived from intégration

Definitions

  1. The act or process of making whole or entire.

    • One has, in fact, the old choice of regarding the higher integrations as queer offthrows of an infinitely improbable lower-order accident, or as the explanatory foundation of all that leads up to them.
  2. The process of combining with compatible elements in order to incorporate them.

  3. The process of fitting into a community, notably applied to minorities.

    • integration into the city
  4. + 2 more definitions
    1. The operation of finding the integral of a function.

    2. In evolution, the process by which the manifold is compacted into the relatively simple…

      In evolution, the process by which the manifold is compacted into the relatively simple and permanent; supposed to alternate with differentiation as an agent in species' development.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for integration. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA