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Integer : (noun)
1: any of the natural numbers (positive or negative) or zero
[syn: whole number]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Integer : \In"te*ger\, n. [L. integer untouched, whole, entire.
See Entire.]
A complete entity; a whole number, in contradistinction to a
fraction or a mixed number.
Complex integer (Theory of Numbers), an expression of the
form a _ b[root]-1, where a and b are real integers.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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INTEGER. Whole, untouched. Res integra means a question which is new and
undecided. 2 Kent, Com. 177.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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Integer :
(Or "whole number") One of the finite numbers
in the infinite set
..., -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, ...
An inductive definition of an integer is a number that is
either zero or an integer plus or minus one. An integer is a
number with no fractional part. If written as a fixed-point
number, the part after the decimal (or other base) point will
be zero.
A natural number is a non-negative integer.
(2002-04-07)
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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