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<hw>In`te*gra"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>integratio</ets> a renewing, restoring: cf. F. <ets>int\'82gration</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act or process of making whole or entire.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Math.)</fld> <def>The operation of finding the primitive function which has a given function for its differential coefficient. See <er>Integral</er>.</def>

<note>&hand; The symbol of integration is <integral2l/ (standing for the Latin <i>summa</i> sum), and the integral is also regarded as the limiting value of the sum of great numbers of differentials, when the magnitude of the differentials decreases, and their number increases indefinitely. See <er>Limit</er>, <tt>n.</tt> When the summation is made between specified values of the variable, the result is a <i>definite integral</i>, and those values of the variable are the limits of the integral. When the summation is made successively for two or more variables, the result is a <i>multiple integral</i>.</note>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>In the theory of evolution: The process by which the manifold is compacted into the relatively simple and permanent. It is supposed to alternate with differentiation as an agent in development.</def>

<h1>Integrator</h1> <Xpage=774>

<hw>In"te*gra`tor</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Math. & Mech.)</fld> <def>That which integrates; esp., an instrument by means of which the area of a figure can be measured directly, or its moment of inertia, or statical moment, etc., be determined.</def>

<h1>Integrity</h1> <Xpage=774>

<hw>In*teg"ri*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>integritas</ets>: cf. F. <ets>int\'82grit\'82</ets>. See <er>Integer</er>, and cf. <er>Entirety</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The state or quality of being entire or complete; wholeness; entireness; unbroken state; <as>as, the <ex>integrity</ex> of an empire or territory</as>.</def>

<i>Sir T. More.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Moral soundness; honesty; freedom from corrupting influence or motive; -- used especially with reference to the fulfillment of contracts, the discharge of agencies, trusts, and the like; uprightness; rectitude.</def>

<blockquote>The moral grandeur of independent <b>integrity</b> is the sublimest thing in nature. <i>Buckminster.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Their sober zeal, <b>integrity</b>. and worth. <i>Cowper.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Unimpaired, unadulterated, or genuine state; entire correspondence with an original condition; purity.</def>

<blockquote>Language continued long in its purity and <b>integrity</b>. <i>Sir M. Hale.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Honesty; uprightness; rectitude. See <er>Probity</er>.</syn>

<h1>Integropallial</h1> <Xpage=774>

<hw>In`te*gro*pal"li*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>integer</ets> whole + E. <ets>pallial</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Having the pallial line entire, or without a sinus, as certain bivalve shells.</def>

<h1>Integumation</h1> <Xpage=774>

<hw>In*teg`u*ma"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Integument</er>.]</ety> <def>That part of physiology which treats of the integuments of animals and plants.</def>

<h1>Integument</h1> <Xpage=774>

<hw>In*teg"u*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>integumentum</ets>, fr. <ets>integere</ets> to cover; pref. <ets>in-</ets> in, on + <ets>tegere</ets> to cover: cf. F. <ets>int\'82gument</ets>. See 1st <er>n-</er>, and <er>Tegument</er>.]</ety> <def>That which naturally invests or covers another thing, as the testa or the tegmen of a seed; specifically <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, a covering which invests the body, as the skin, or a membrane that invests a particular.</def>

<h1>Integumentary</h1> <Xpage=774>

<hw>In*teg`u*men"ta*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Belonging to, or composed of, integuments.</def>

<h1>Integumentation</h1> <Xpage=774>

<hw>In*teg`u*men*ta"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act or process of covering with integuments; the state or manner of being thus covered.</def>

<h1>Intellect</h1> <Xpage=774>

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