integer

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integer - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Complex integer (Theory of Numbers), an expression of the
        form a + b[root]-1, where a and b are real integers.
        [1913 Webster]

integer - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  integer
      n 1: any of the natural numbers (positive or negative) or zero;
           "an integer is a number that is not a fraction" [syn:
           integer, whole number]

integer - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  integer
  
     <mathematics> (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)
  

integer - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  INTEGER. Whole, untouched. Res integra means a question which is new and 
  undecided. 2 Kent, Com. 177. 
  
  

integer - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  58 Moby Thesaurus words for "integer":
     Gaussian integer, algebraic number, article, cardinal,
     cardinal number, cipher, collectivity, complex, complex number,
     defective number, digit, embodiment, entirety, entity, even number,
     figure, finite number, fraction, imaginary number, impair,
     individual, infinity, integration, integrity, irrational,
     irrational number, item, mixed number, module, numeral, oneness,
     ordinal, organic unity, pair, person, persona, point,
     polygonal number, prime number, pure imaginary, rational,
     rational number, real, real number, rectangular number,
     round number, serial number, single, singleton, soul, surd,
     totality, transcendental number, transfinite number, unit, unity,
     whole, whole number