integration
- 1The act of joining separate parts so they work together as one.
Like mixing different ingredients into one smooth sauce.
The integration of the two software systems took several months.
Better integration of the new tools helped the team work faster.
Similarincorporation, consolidation, combination, amalgamation
Oppositeseparation, fragmentation
- 2The way people from different groups become part of one shared community.
Like a new student slowly becoming part of the class.
The integration of immigrant families into the town went smoothly.
Schools can help with the integration of children from many backgrounds.
Similarassimilation, inclusion, incorporation
Oppositesegregation, exclusion, marginalization
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- 3Short form of racial integration. It means mixing people of different races in the same schools and public places.
After integration, Black and white students attended the same schools.
Many towns resisted integration during the 1950s.
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- 4The act of making something whole by bringing its parts together.
Like fitting all the puzzle pieces together to make one picture.
The integration of all the team's ideas created a single clear plan.
Therapy aimed at the integration of her scattered feelings into a whole.
Similarunification, synthesis, consolidation, amalgamation, combination
Oppositefragmentation, separation, disintegration
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- 5A way in math of adding up many tiny parts to find a total, such as an area.
Like adding up many thin slices to find the size of a whole shape.
Integration lets you find the area under a curve.
Students learn integration after they understand differentiation.
Oppositedifferentiation
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- 6In nature, the way many varied parts come together into something simpler and lasting as living things develop.
Like many small streams joining into one steady river.
Through integration, scattered traits combined into stable, lasting forms.
Early biologists believed integration shaped how new species formed.
Oppositedifferentiation
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Origin
It comes from French intégration, which came from Latin integratio. It is also made from the word 'integrate' plus '-ion'.