ALL meanings of integer
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I i - noun integer Mathematics. one of the positive or negative numbers 1, 2, 3, etc., or zero. Compare whole number. 1
- noun integer a complete entity. Synonyms: integral, whole. 1
- adjective integer blameless in life; innocent. 1
- noun integer A whole number; a number that is not a fraction. 1
- noun Technical meaning of integer (mathematics) (Or "whole number") One of the numbers in the set ..., -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, ... There are an infinite number of integers, though each one is finite. An inductive definition of an integer is a number that is either zero or an integer plus or minus one. An integer has no fractional part. If written as a real number, e.g. 42.0, the part after the decimal point will be zero. A natural number is a non-negative integer. Computers usually store integers in binary. Natural numbers can be stored as unsigned integers and integers that may be negative require a sign bit and typically use twos complement representation. Other representations have been used, such as binary-coded decimal. 1
- noun integer mathematics: whole number 1
- noun integer (arithmetic) A number that is not a fraction; an element of the infinite and numerable set {...,-3,-2,-1,0,1,2,3,...}. 0
- countable noun integer In mathematics, an integer is an exact whole number such as 1, 7, or 24 as opposed to a number with fractions or decimals. 0
- noun integer any rational number that can be expressed as the sum or difference of a finite number of units, being a member of the set …–3, –2, –1, 0, 1, 2, 3… 0
- noun integer an individual entity or whole unit 0
- noun integer anything complete in itself; entity; whole 0
- noun integer any positive or negative whole number or zero 0