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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

IN'TEGER, n. [L. See Entire.] The whole of any thing; particularly, in arithmetic, a whole number, in contradistinction to a fraction. Thus in the number 54.7, in decimal arithmetic, 54 is an integer,and 7 a fraction, or seven tenths of a unit.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Latin, adjective, whole, entire — more at entire Date: 1571 1. any of the natural numbers, the negatives of these numbers, or zero 2. a complete entity

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a whole number. 2 a thing complete in itself. Etymology: L (adj.) = untouched, whole: see ENTIRE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(integers) In mathematics, an integer is an exact whole number such as 1, 7, or 24 as opposed to a number with fractions or decimals. (TECHNICAL) N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Whole number.

Moby Thesaurus

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