integrals
- 1Plural of integral.
The chapter introduces both definite and indefinite integrals.
Engineers rely on integrals to compute the area beneath a curve.
Note
Only the mathematical noun takes this plural. The everyday adjective, as in an integral part of the plan, never does. In calculus the plural usually sorts by kind. Definite integrals come out as numbers and may converge or diverge. Indefinite integrals come out as functions, or antiderivatives. Specialists also speak of Riemann and Lebesgue integrals as rival formalizations of the same operation.
integrals is a form of integral
integral, noun: One of the two basic operations of calculus, which finds quantities such as area, volume, or displacement by summing infinitely many infinitesimal parts. Full entry
- Forms
- integralintegrals plural
- Spelling
- integral → integrals: add -s
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