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# integral

«integral» in Mova's school dictionary: **necessary and important as a part of a whole: you cannot…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (integral); noun (an integral, integrals)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Integral means necessary and important as a part of a whole: you cannot have the whole without it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/integral/#m1)

2) Integral also means built in, made as one piece with something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/integral/#m2)

3) (maths, advanced) An integral is a calculation in calculus that finds things like the area under a curve. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/integral/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life «an integral part of the team» means a key member. In design, an integral handle is part of the object, not stuck on. In secondary-school and university maths, integrals are part of calculus, invented by Newton and Leibniz. In younger maths, «integer» (a whole number) is a different but related word.

### examples

- Practice is an integral part of learning music. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/integral/#x1)
- She is an integral member of the choir. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/integral/#x2)
- The bike has an integral lock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/integral/#x3)
- Water is integral to life. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/integral/#x4)
- In calculus, an integral finds the area under a curve. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/integral/#x5)
- Kindness is integral to our school values. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/integral/#x6)

### note

Say «IN-tuh-grul» (also «in-TEG-rul»). Do not confuse with «integer» (a whole number) or «integrity» (honesty). The calculus sense is advanced maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «integral» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/integral/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.