Integral
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An expression which, being differentiated, will produce a givendifferential. See differential Differential, and Integration. Cf.Fluent. Elliptic integral, one of an important class of integrals,occurring in the higher mathematics; -- so called because one of theintegrals expresses the length of an arc of an ellipse.
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Note:This definition of integral is alternate to the mathematical type of integral.
Something that, by attempting to do its intended task, inadvertently does the opposite.
Despite popular belief, this does not include things that are broken, such as something that doesn't work or is used improperly. -
The integral, or antiderivative, is the basis for integral [calculus]. It tells you the area under a curve, with the base of the area being the x-axis. Its symbol is what shows up when you press alt b on the keyboard. It can also be written as d^-1y/dx^-1. The process of finding an integral is known as integration or antidifferentiation.
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a form of torture which is only used on the smart
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Representing a stage of thinking which emerges after pluralistic post-modernist thought. Integral consciousness can also be referred to as methodological pluralism, in that unlike the disorder of postmodernism, integralism is characterized, by natural organization, or holons. Integral thought was made popular by American Philosopher Ken Wilber.
Integral philosophy is a school of philosophy.
Related to that school, is the belief that humans develop through relatively similar stages of consciousness as they go through life, one such emerging stage of consciousness is often referred to as the Integral stage, or post-post modernist stage, distinct from the post-modernist stage which preceded it. -
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The one word you NEVER want to hear from your math teacher.
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