# integration

Pronunciation: say "in-tuh-GRAY-shuhn" US /ˌɪn.təˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/, AUS /ˌɪn.təˈɡɹæɪ.ʃən/; UK say "in-ti-GRAY-shuhn" /ˌɪn.tɪˈɡɹeɪ.ʃən/

## Noun

1. The process of combining separate but compatible parts so that they form a unified whole.
   - Simple: The act of joining separate parts so they work together as one.
   - _Successful integration of the acquired company required aligning their processes with ours._
   - _The integration of solar panels into the city grid lowered overall energy costs._
2. The process by which individuals or minority groups become accepted, participating members of a wider community.
   - Simple: The way people from different groups become part of one shared community.
   - _The city invested heavily in the integration of recent arrivals into local life._
   - _Language classes are central to the integration of newcomers into the workforce._
3. Short form of racial integration. *(US)* — Ellipsis of racial integration.
   - Simple: Short form of racial integration. It means mixing people of different races in the same schools and public places.
   - _The Supreme Court's rulings accelerated integration across the South._
   - _Federal troops were sent to enforce integration at the university._
4. The act or process of making something whole or complete by uniting its separate parts.
   - Simple: The act of making something whole by bringing its parts together.
   - _The integration of the disparate research findings produced a coherent theory._
   - _Personal growth often depends on the integration of past experiences into a stable sense of self._
5. The mathematical operation of finding the integral of a function, the reverse of differentiation.
   - Simple: A way in math of adding up many tiny parts to find a total, such as an area.
   - _Numerical integration approximates the area when no exact formula exists._
   - _The engineer used integration to compute total distance from a velocity function._
6. In evolutionary theory, the process by which varied parts are compacted into something relatively simple and permanent, thought to alternate with differentiation in shaping how species develop.
   - Simple: In nature, the way many varied parts come together into something simpler and lasting as living things develop.
   - _In Spencer's scheme, integration draws diverse elements together while differentiation pulls them apart._
   - _The theory treats integration as the force that consolidates an organism's varied parts into a permanent whole._

## Origin

This word comes from French intégration, itself from Latin integratio. It can also be analyzed as 'integrate' plus the suffix '-ion'.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/integration (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).