necessary to make a whole complete; essential or fundamental 必须的;必要的;基本的,基础的 games are an integral part of the school's curriculum. 游戏是学校课程的基本一环。 systematic training should be integral to library management. 系统培训应成为图书馆管理的基础。 ■[attrib.]included as part of the whole rather than supplied separately 作为组成部分的 the unit comes complete with integral pump and heater. 有了内置的泵和加热器,这套装置就完整了。 ■having or containing all parts that are necessary to be complete 完整的 an authentic and integral announcement of the Christian faith. 基督教信念的真实完整的宣言。
(Mathematics)of or denoted by an integer (数)整数的 ■involving only integers, especially as coefficients of a function (尤指作为函数系数)仅含整数的
noun
(Mathematics)a function of which a given function is the derivative, i.e. which yields that function when differentiated, and which may express the area under the curve of a graph of the function (数)积分。 参见 definite integral, indefinite integral ■a function satisfying a given differential equation 满足微分方程的函数
派生 integrality noun integrally adverb 语源
mid 16th cent.: from late Latin integralis, from integer 'whole' (see integer). Compare with integrate and integrity
用法
There are two possible pronunciations for integral as an adjective: one with the stress on the in- and the other with the stress on the -teg-. In British English, the second pronunciation is sometimes frowned on, but both are acceptable as standard